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

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.

  • Vipsu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    7 months ago

    Can’t wait for something like this get hacked. There’ll be a lot explaining to do.

    • Jayjader@jlai.luEnglish
      28·
      7 months ago

      Still, I think the only way that would result in change is if the hack specifically went after someone powerful like the mayor or one of the richest business owners in town.