OK so Amit Shah has admitted in Parliament today that government is now using information with the govt (*cough* Aadhaar *cough*), linked it with face recognition technology and is able to identify people in a crowd.
THIS is a huge HUGE admission.
THIS is a huge HUGE admission.
Congratulations India, China hua hai.
Let me explain slowly and deliberately how this is problematic:
A) THE ACCURACY IS SHIT
In 2018, it was 2%. business-standard.com/article/pti-st…
In 2019 it was 1%.
In case of kids, it can't recognize the difference between boys and girls.
m.timesofindia.com/city/delhi/upg…
A) THE ACCURACY IS SHIT
In 2018, it was 2%. business-standard.com/article/pti-st…
In 2019 it was 1%.
In case of kids, it can't recognize the difference between boys and girls.
m.timesofindia.com/city/delhi/upg…
2) LEGIT RESEARCHERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES ARE SAYING ITS SHIT AND ASKING IT TO BE SHUT DOWN
One instance:
forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…
One instance:
forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…
3) THIS SHIT IS ILLEGAL.
No seriously. It's being done based on a cabinet note which was done in 2009. Which is not a law.
(Cue @internetfreedom)
internetfreedom.in/the-ncrb-respo…
No seriously. It's being done based on a cabinet note which was done in 2009. Which is not a law.
(Cue @internetfreedom)
internetfreedom.in/the-ncrb-respo…
4) THE ONLY WAY FOR THIS SHIT TO WORK IS MASS SURVEILLANCE.
In short, for certain problematic individuals to be identified, it would be necessary to have information of ALL individuals.
Which means, false matches will be rejected till the software gets a positive one.
In short, for certain problematic individuals to be identified, it would be necessary to have information of ALL individuals.
Which means, false matches will be rejected till the software gets a positive one.
Rejoinder to #4... ACCURACY OF THIS IS SHITTY.
You might be one of those poor sods who will be falsely identified and Dalli police will accuse you of being a rioter or something because their 'software' matched you with a 2% accuracy.
Because, hey, you're in the database! Fun!
You might be one of those poor sods who will be falsely identified and Dalli police will accuse you of being a rioter or something because their 'software' matched you with a 2% accuracy.
Because, hey, you're in the database! Fun!
In the end, read this excellent piece on the issue really carefully.
(Oh and if you're not interested in reading ANYTHING I just shared but just want to continue to brainlessly suck up to the govt & believe what they say, leave the latest "Jali na Teri" meme from The Bhakt Factory below 👇. Thanks for the amusement in advance.)
