Big Brother facial recognition needs ethical regulations

Big Brother facial recognition needs ethical regulations

6 years ago
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https://phys.org/news/2018-07-big-brother-facial-recognition-ethical.html

Called SAFR (Secure, Accurate Facial Recognition), the toolset has been marketed as a cost-effective way to smoothly blend into existing CCTV video monitoring systems. It will be able to "detect and match millions of faces in real time," specifically within school environments.

Ostensibly, RealNetworks sees its technology as something that can make the world safer. The catchy branding, however, masks the real ethical issues surrounding the deployment of facial detection systems. Some of those issues include questions about the inherent biases embedded within the code and, ultimately, how that captured data is used.