FBI, ICE Are Running Facial Recognition Searches Against State Drivers' Databases

FBI, ICE Are Running Facial Recognition Searches Against State Drivers' Databases

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190715/15531242591/fbi-ice-are-running-facial-recognition-searches-against-state-drivers-databases.shtml

Biometric databases have a hunger for data. And they're getting fed. Government agencies are shoving every face they can find into facial recognition databases. Expanding the dataset means adding people who've never committed a crime and, importantly, who've never given their explicit consent to have their personal details handed over to federal agencies.

Thanks to unprecedented levels of cooperation across all levels of government, FBI and ICE are matching faces using data collected from millions of non-criminals. The agencies are apparently hoping this will all work out OK, rather than create a new national nightmare of shattered privacy and violated rights. Or maybe they just don't care.

FBI, ICE Are Running Facial Recognition Searches Against State Drivers' Databases

Jul 18, 2019, 11:32am UTC
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190715/15531242591/fbi-ice-are-running-facial-recognition-searches-against-state-drivers-databases.shtml > Biometric databases have a hunger for data. And they're getting fed. Government agencies are shoving every face they can find into facial recognition databases. Expanding the dataset means adding people who've never committed a crime and, importantly, who've never given their explicit consent to have their personal details handed over to federal agencies. > Thanks to unprecedented levels of cooperation across all levels of government, FBI and ICE are matching faces using data collected from millions of non-criminals. The agencies are apparently hoping this will all work out OK, rather than create a new national nightmare of shattered privacy and violated rights. Or maybe they just don't care.