An in-depth look at facial recognition technology, with a primer on how it works, who is using it in the US, and how to avoid it online and in public
The controversial and nearly ever-present technology that could replace the fingerprint — From iPhones and Snapchat filters … Tweets: @calsunday , @joejerome , @calsunday , @calsunday , @privacyproject , @_meher , @dgambacorta , @kmontenegro , @senmarkey , @shallowbrigade , and @jasonleopold Tweets: @calsunday : One in two American adults is in a law-enforcement facial-recognition database, often without his or her knowledge. https://story.californiasunday.com/ ... Joseph Jerome / @joejerome : Buried in this feature on #FacialRecognition is another way technology can be deployed to hurt workers, make businesses more money, and bring on the heart attacks: https://story.californiasunday.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... @calsunday : Investigators, high school administrators, radiologists, and even camp counselors share how and why they're using facial recognition software. https://story.californiasunday.com/ ... @calsunday : An in-depth look at facial recognition software, the controversial and nearly ever-present technology that could replace the fingerprint https://story.californiasunday.com/ ... @privacyproject : “Perhaps facial recognition has become a symbolic last straw in our techno-skeptic moment,” @AdrianChen writes in @CalSunday https://story.californiasunday.com/ ... Meher / @_meher : Facial recognition is everywhere, it's kind of scary, but also I compulsively do face filter apps and so do you. Anyway, here's everything you might want to know about it feat. @adrianchen and @chrisoutcalt https://story.californiasunday.com/ ... David Gambacorta / @dgambacorta : “A technology that collects and analyzes the facial expressions and movements of students inside a classroom and categorizes the behavior it detects as “good” or “bad.” https://story.californiasunday.com/ ... Ken Montenegro / @kmontenegro : “We've seen these kinds of tools being used in high-security places like hospitals and nursing homes, as well as in agriculture. We've also seen it being used by companies like Uber to verify remote workers” https://story.californiasunday.com/ ... go @aihanguyen Ed Markey / @senmarkey : Clearview's facial recognition technology poses chilling privacy risks. I'm concerned it could destroy individuals' ability to go about their daily lives anonymously, and I'm demanding answers about Clearview's partnerships with law enforcement. https://www.nytimes.com/... Kim O'Connor / @shallowbrigade : The guy behind the frighteningly accurate facial recognition company that can identify almost anyone thinks it's “absurd and unfair” to draw any conclusions about his ties to the far right https://twitter.com/... Jason Leopold / @jasonleopold : Clearview AI Says Its Facial Recognition Software Identified A Terrorism Suspect. Police Say That's Not True. Docs obtained by @BuzzFeedNews reveal that its claims to law enforcement agencies are impossible to verify — or flat-out wrong https://www.buzzfeed.com/... @RMac18