Activist Facial Recognition Databases
2020-10-21 17:22:35.42024+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
The street finds its own uses for technology, and covering badge numbers will no longer be enough: NY Times: Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police — “We’re now approaching the technological threshold where the little guys can do it to the big guys,” one researcher said.
“For a while now, everyone was aware the big guys could use this to identify and oppress the little guys, but we’re now approaching the technological threshold where the little guys can do it to the big guys,” Mr. Maximov, 30, said. “It’s not just the loss of anonymity. It’s the threat of infamy.”