The biggest lie tech people tell themselves — and the rest of us
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They see facial recognition, smart diapers, and surveillance devices as inevitable evolutions. They’re not.
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Halt the use of facial-recognition technology until it is regulated
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3 min read · 55 saves · 2019-08-27 · Kate Crawford · Until appropriate safeguards are in place, we need a moratorium on biometric technology that identifies individuals, says Kate Crawford.
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The Secret History of Facial Recognition
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2 min read · 136 saves · 2020-01-21 · Sixty years ago, a sharecropper’s son invented a technology to identify faces. Then the record of his role all but vanished. Who was Woody Bledsoe, and who was he working for?
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144 saves · 2020-04-07 · Clearview AI, which has alarmed privacy experts, hired several far-right employees, a HuffPost investigation found.
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'We are hurtling towards a surveillance state’: the rise of facial recognition technology
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Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
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7 min read · 129 saves · 2019-07-13 · Cade Metz · Large databases, built with images from social networks and dating services, contain millions of pictures of people’s faces. Some are shared worldwide.
