Facial recognition tech sucks, but it’s inevitable

Facial recognition tech sucks, but it’s inevitable
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2019-2-9 10:30

Is facial recognition accurate? Can it be hacked? These are just some of the questions being raised by lawmakers, civil libertarians, and privacy advocates in the wake of an ACLU report released last summer that claimed Amazon’s facial recognition software, Rekognition, misidentified 28 members of congress as criminals.

Rekognition is a general-purpose, application programming interface (API) developers can use to build applications that can detect and analyze scenes, objects, faces, and other items within images. The source of the controversy was a pilot program in which Amazon teamed up with the police departments of two cities, Orlando, Florida and Washington…

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Why tech giants are interested in regulating facial recognition

Last week, Amazon made the unexpected move of calling for regulation on facial recognition. In a blog post published on Thursday, Michael Punke, VP of global public policy at Amazon Web Services, expressed support for a “national legislative framework that protects individual civil rights and ensures that governments are transparent in their use of facial recognition technology.

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New facial recognition system at US airport nabs an impostor for the first time

A newly introduced facial recognition system that’s being tested across several US airports has just helped catch an impostor for the first time, at Dulles International near Washington, D. C. The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) noted in a press release that earlier this week, a 26-year-old man traveling from Brazil with a French passport was flagged by the airport’s facial recognition tech, which was put in place just three days ago.

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Today Alibabacoin Released their much anticipated Cryptocurrency App

Today, the famed Alibabacoin Foundation released their highly-anticipated Multicrypto Wallet in response to the overwhelming community support for the project. The Multicrypto Wallet is the one of the cryptocurrency wallet in the world that can store, secure, and exchange 10 unique cryptocurrencies simultaneously, all with the convenience and protection of a blockchain integrated facial recognition service—another world first.

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