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

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/19999900

UK Woman Mistaken As Shoplifter By Facewatch, Now She’s Banned From All Stores With Facial Recognition Tech

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.

  • squid_slime@lemm.ee
    37·
    6 months ago

    That’ll teach her for looking like a shop lifter.

    But seriously, wear a mask when out.

    • Sludgehammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      6 months ago

      I still wear a face mask when out shopping… although really it’s more about not breathing the dust flaking off the 400 pound man in pajamas that look like they haven’t been washed since the Obama administration rather than blocking facial ID or reducing the spread of COVID.