Facial recognition tech booms despite accuracy concerns. Police arrests surge while airports and restaurants trial facial payments and passport-free travel.

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.

  • ipkpjersi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I’m not so sure the blame should solely be placed on the developers - unless you’re using that term colloquially.

    • IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Developers were probably the first people to say that it isn’t ready. Blame the sales people that will say anything for money.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        They worked on it, they knew what could happen. I could face criminal charges if I do certain things at work that harm the public.

        • IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I have no idea where Facewatch got their software from. The developers of this software could’ve been told their software will be used to find missing kids. Not really fair to blame developers. Blame the people on top.