A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.

  • ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    “They” want an excuse to fuck with people wherever they can for any reason they want and facial recognition give them the excuse they need. It’s not just about financial investments.

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      5 months ago

      I don’t really understand what you said here. Do you believe that governments and companies do it for pretty much no reason?

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        5 months ago

        It’s the same reason many unenforced laws exist. It’s an entrance point. As the saying goes, they didn’t get capone on his gang activity.