Oakland Becomes Third U.S. City to Ban Facial Recognition
Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:30:47 +0000
Oakland just joined San Francisco, CA and Somerville, MA in banning the use of facial recognition.
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A Second U.S. City Has Banned Facial Recognition
Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:57:06 +0000
Somerville, which neighbors Cambridge, Massachusetts, just joined San Francisco in banning the use of facial recognition.
Read moreMicrosoft Deleted a Massive Facial Recognition Database, But It’s Not Dead
Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 19:42:33 +0000
The database contained 10 million photos of 100,000 individuals including activists and journalists.
Read moreWoody Harrelson photo used to find lookalike beer thief
Credit to Author: nguno| Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 05:13:10 +0000
The NYPD used a photo of Woody Harrelson in its facial recognition program in an attempt to identify a beer thief who looked like the actor.
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Read morePolice Are Feeding Celebrity Photos into Facial Recognition Software to Solve Crimes
Credit to Author: Sarah Emerson| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 20:26:14 +0000
Law enforcement agencies are using facial recognition systems with little to no rules, found a new study by the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology.
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