The New York Times
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.
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Guardian Tech
'We are hurtling towards a surveillance state’: the rise of facial recognition technology
Guardian Tech
~16 min read · 2019-10-05 · It can pick out shoplifters, international criminals and lost children in seconds. But as the cameras proliferate, who’s watching the watchers?
The New York Times
Facebook’s Push for Facial Recognition Prompts Privacy Alarms
The New York Times
6 min read · From 2018 · Facebook is working to spread its face-matching tools even as it faces heightened scrutiny from regulators and legislators in Europe and North America.
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Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Prompting Outcry Over Surveillance
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5 min read · From 2018 · More than two dozen civil rights organizations asked the tech giant to stop selling its image recognition system to law enforcement agencies.
Guardian Tech
The rise of facial recognition technology
Guardian Tech
2 min read · 2020-02-04 · With facial recognition technology getting more sophisticated each year, technology editor Alex Hern explores the issue of privacy. Also today: Jamie Grierson on Sunday’s terrorism attack in south…
The Verge
Face masks are breaking facial recognition algorithms, says new government study
The Verge
4 min read · 2020-07-28 · If you’re worried about mass surveillance, here’s another reason to wear a face mask
The Verge
IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology
The Verge
3 min read · 2020-06-09 · IBM is also advocating for police reform.
The New York Times
Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police
The New York Times
6 min read · 2020-10-21 · “We’re now approaching the technological threshold where the little guys can do it to the big guys,” one researcher said.
The New York Times
Banning Facial Recognition Isn’t Enough
The New York Times
5 min read · 2020-01-20 · The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a small part of that.
