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IanTwenty@piefed.social to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 9 hours ago

Shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names

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Shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names

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IanTwenty@piefed.social to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 9 hours ago
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Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names
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People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then ‘given no help’ to investigate verdicts

As facial recognition spreads across police forces and retail stores, UK biometrics commissioners are warning that national oversight is lagging far behind the technology’s rapid expansion.

Last year, the Home Office admitted facial recognition cameras were more likely to incorrectly identify black and Asian people than their white counterparts, and women more than men, and there have been conflicting studies on their overall accuracy.

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    I suppose all we can do is refuse to shop in the stores that use this. But, we need to do it now. Because, soon, every store will use this, and we won’t have a choice.

    I suppose if they keep getting false positives, they’ll make some change, but who knows?

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      just cut their internet from the outside before going in… then pay cash. you know none of this is being ran locally

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        How do you do that?

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          snip snip

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