Europe's AI Rules Open Door To Mass Use of Facial Recognition, Critics Warn (politico.eu) 14
The EU is facing a backlash over new AI rules that allow for limited use of facial recognition by authorities -- with opponents warning the carveouts could usher in a new age of biometric surveillance. From a report: A coalition of digital rights and consumer protection groups across the globe, including Latin America, Africa and Asia are calling for a global ban on biometric recognition technologies that enable mass and discriminatory surveillance by both governments and corporations. In an open letter, 170 signatories in 55 countries argue that the use of technologies like facial recognition in public places goes against human rights and civil liberties. "It shows that organizations, groups, people, activists, technologists around the world who are concerned with human rights, agree to this call," said Daniel Leufer of U.S. digital rights group Access Now, which co-authored the letter. The use of facial recognition technology is becoming widespread. But along with everyday applications like unlocking phones, it's increasingly being used by governments and companies to surveil people, whether by law enforcement to scan public places for criminals or by grocery stores claiming to use it to catch thieves. The letter is in part a response to the EU's AI bill that restricts the practice, but does not prohibit it outright.
Not shocked (Score:3)
The EU would be really up for such surveillance tech. For government of course, not for private companies.
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"I" "C" "U" (Score:2)
But along with everyday applications like unlocking phones, it's increasingly being used by governments and companies to surveil people, whether by law enforcement to scan public places for criminals or by grocery stores claiming to use it to catch thieves.
Seems visibility [nytimes.com] isn't the problem.
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Cameras are used for thieves some what but what they are really there is to watch out for "slip and falls" and the employees. Slip and fall is when a customer claims they fell somewhere in the store on a slippery surface. Most of the time they really did and the store should be doing all it can to help the person.
Other times, people say this but it didn't really happen. The cameras can help us determine that kind of stuff. Now if only we had 4k cameras and better software. Stuffs is expensive.
At least (Score:2, Flamebait)
They admit it. In the US daily they violate constitutional rights to collect evidence without warrants. Then, they defend the breach of constitution rights with the ''parallel construction'' argument that our courts find acceptable.
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I don't think the swamp is partisan though. Sure, people individually have their opinions on how the world should be run but I don't think you'll necessarily find a huge slant for the swamp. It goes with the flow, so to speak. It wouldn't surprise me if specific departments might attract a certain type of person that is more liking to lean in one direction versus another, but on the whole the swamp isn't really D or R.
We know how these go (Score:2)
Something something think of the children!
Processing of data can't be regulated (Score:3)
What someone does with the data they have is impossible to know or enforce. The only way to limit facial recognition is to limit the number of cameras in public places.
In other news (Score:2)
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You're not gonna stop 'em (Score:1)
The best that can be done is to use facial recognition on the authorities, so that they feel the same pain they inflict.
Haha just wait... (Score:2)
Haha. Mass use of facial recognition is going to show that there are an awful lot of people who look basically exactly the same.