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I can’t believe what I’m seeing! While running a facial recognition pilot, one man (understandably imho) covered himself up. The police forced him to show his face (& then fined him for disorderly conduct). This is dangerous & terrifying.
If this is rolled out, there will be hundreds - probably thousands - who will do exactly what this man has done: principled refusal to comply. What will the police do then?
And if you think this technology will be ‘objective’ or ‘neutral’ then I suggest you watch this:
This clip is taken from a brilliant episode of @BBCClick, dedicated to looking into facial recognition technology. Watch it here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
(This report was done by @geoffwhite247 - top journalist, deep web specialist too, and someone you should all follow.)
The road to our techno-hell will almost certainly be paved with innocent sounding ‘pilots’ and soundbites about ‘keeping the public safe’.
