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Hackers and hobbyists have deployed facial recognition on Parler videos taken at the Capitol on Jan. 6, showing the democratization of facial recognition tech

It demonstrates the democratization of facial recognition, but comes littered with ethical issues.  —  Joseph Cox

VICE Joseph Cox

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  • @jason_koebler Jason Koebler on x
    An anonymous technologist has been running Parler videos through facial recognition and sharing the results with the FBI: https://www.vice.com/...
  • @weinbergersa Sharon Weinberger on x
    Well, this is potentially a tricky one for critics of facial recognition/privacy advocates. https://twitter.com/...
  • @vicenews @vicenews on x
    The news signals how archivists, hackers, and hobbyists continue to mine the Parler data for what they believe may be useful insights to provide law enforcement. https://www.vice.com/...
  • @vice @vice on x
    In some cases technologists have been able to track individual faces across different videos, pinpointing where a person was at specific points in time, potentially even if they did not use Parler themselves. https://www.vice.com/...