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- techviral
- 2018
In India, where disappearance of children is a common social issue, facial recognition technology has been useful in identifying and located many missing or displaced children. This breakthrough means that the technology can hopefully be applied to help ameliorate this issue, as well as in other areas such as law enforcement.
- techviral
- 2018
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- techviral
- 2018
New Facial Recognition System Helps Trace 3000 Missing Children In Just 4 Days
In India, where disappearance of children is a common social issue, facial recognition technology has been useful in identifying and located many missing or displaced children. This breakthrough means that the technology can hopefully be applied to help ameliorate this issue, as well as in other areas such as law enforcement.
In what ways does this specific technology serve the common good in India? What are the concerns about the privacy of the children involved, and is this outweighed by the value of safety? To what degree does facial recognition technology actually help solve this problem in general?
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- New York Times Magazine
- 2021
This article goes into extraordinary detail on the company Clearview AI, a company whose algorithm has crawled the public web to provide over 3 billion photos of faces with links that travel to the original source of each photo. Discusses the legality and privacy concerns of this technology, how the technology has already been used by law enforcement and in court cases, and the founding of the company. Private use of technology similar to that of Clearview AI could revolutionize society and may move us to the post-privacy era.
- New York Times Magazine
- 2021
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- New York Times Magazine
- 2021
Your Face Is Not Your Own
This article goes into extraordinary detail on the company Clearview AI, a company whose algorithm has crawled the public web to provide over 3 billion photos of faces with links that travel to the original source of each photo. Discusses the legality and privacy concerns of this technology, how the technology has already been used by law enforcement and in court cases, and the founding of the company. Private use of technology similar to that of Clearview AI could revolutionize society and may move us to the post-privacy era.
Should companies like Clearview AI exist? How would facial recognition be misused by both authorities and the general public if it were to permeate all aspects of life?
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- Gizmodo
- 2021
Customs and Border protection used facial recognition technology to scan travelers entering the U.S at several points of entry in 2020, and did not identify any impostors or impersonators. This is part of a larger program of using biometrics to screen those who enter the country, which raises concerns about data privacy, who may have access to this data, and how it may be used.
- Gizmodo
- 2021
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- Gizmodo
- 2021
CBP Facial Recognition Scanners Failed to Find a Single Imposter At Airports in 2020
Customs and Border protection used facial recognition technology to scan travelers entering the U.S at several points of entry in 2020, and did not identify any impostors or impersonators. This is part of a larger program of using biometrics to screen those who enter the country, which raises concerns about data privacy, who may have access to this data, and how it may be used.
What bad outcomes are possible from the government having extensive biometric data, including facial scans, on many people who try to enter the country? Why does the government get away with using biased technology to conduct facial scans at airports, for example? Are “facilitation improvements” worth aiming for if it means using technologies that are not 100% effective and will disproportionately harm certain populations?
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- BBC
- 2021
The ability of facial recognition technology used by the South Wales Police force to identify an individual based on biometric data nearly instantly rather than the previous standard of 10 days allowed a mother to say goodbye to her son on his deathbed. It seems to have other positive impacts, such as identifying criminals earlier than they otherwise might have been. However, as is usually the case, concerns abound about how this facial recognition technology can violate human rights.
- BBC
- 2021
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- BBC
- 2021
Facial recognition technology meant mum saw dying son
The ability of facial recognition technology used by the South Wales Police force to identify an individual based on biometric data nearly instantly rather than the previous standard of 10 days allowed a mother to say goodbye to her son on his deathbed. It seems to have other positive impacts, such as identifying criminals earlier than they otherwise might have been. However, as is usually the case, concerns abound about how this facial recognition technology can violate human rights.
Who can be trusted with facial recognition algorithms that can give someone several possibilities for the identity of a particular face? Who can be trusted to decide in what cases this technology can be deployed? How can bias become problematic when a human is selecting one of many faces recommended by the algorithm? Should the idea of constant surveillance or omnipresent cameras make us feel safe or concerned?
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- New York Times
- 2020
Decisions on whether or not law enforcement should be trusted with facial recognition are tricky, as is argued by Detroit city official James Tate. On one hand, the combination of the bias latent in the technology itself and the human bias of those who use it sometimes leads to over-policing of certain communities. On the other hand, with the correct guardrails, it can be an effective tool in getting justice in cases of violent crime. This article details the ongoing debate about how much facial recognition technology use is proper in Detroit.
- New York Times
- 2020
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- New York Times
- 2020
A Case for Facial Recognition
Decisions on whether or not law enforcement should be trusted with facial recognition are tricky, as is argued by Detroit city official James Tate. On one hand, the combination of the bias latent in the technology itself and the human bias of those who use it sometimes leads to over-policing of certain communities. On the other hand, with the correct guardrails, it can be an effective tool in getting justice in cases of violent crime. This article details the ongoing debate about how much facial recognition technology use is proper in Detroit.
Who should be deciding on the guardrails surrounding the use of facial recognition technology? How can citizens have more control over when their face is being recorded or captured? Can there ever be enough guardrails to truly ensure that facial recognition technology can be used with no chance of bias?
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- CNET
- 2019
Fight for the Future, a digital activist group, used Amazon’s Rekognition facial recognition software to scan faces on the street in Washington DC to show that there should be more guardrails on the use of this type of technology, before it is deployed for ends which violate human rights such as identifying peaceful protestors.
- CNET
- 2019
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- CNET
- 2019
Demonstrators scan public faces in DC to show lack of facial recognition laws
Fight for the Future, a digital activist group, used Amazon’s Rekognition facial recognition software to scan faces on the street in Washington DC to show that there should be more guardrails on the use of this type of technology, before it is deployed for ends which violate human rights such as identifying peaceful protestors.
Does this kind of stunt seem effective at getting the attention of the public on the ways that facial recognition can be misused? How? Who decides what is a “positive” use of facial recognition technology, and how can these use cases be negotiated with those citizens who want their privacy protected?