#facerecognition
Facial recognition software flagged a mother going to see a Rockettes show with her daughter and a pack of Girl Scouts. Evidently the face recognition system was programmed to flag everyone working for law firms suing the entertainment company running the show, and she worked for a law firm that was representing a client suing a restaurant that was owned by the same entertainment company that was putting on the show.
"Kelly Conlon, a senior associate with the New Jersey personal injury firm Davis, Saperstein and Salomon -- which is representing a client suing a restaurant owned by the parent company, MSG Entertainment -- told NBC New York that security guards approached her and asked for identification as soon as she arrived at Radio City Music Hall on the weekend after Thanksgiving. The guards ultimately turned her away from the show even though she is not involved in her firm's litigation against the company. Conlon's daughter and the rest of the Girl Scouts were able to attend the performance, she told the station."
"The face search engine PimEyes heralds the end of anonymity in public spaces. All it takes is a photo from a cell phone or security camera, and PimEyes provides links to similar or identical faces on the web -- all for a monthly fee. The linked pages can then reveal the name, profession or further personal details about a person."
"After critical reports from netzpolitik.org in 2020, the once Polish company fled first to the Seychelles, then to Belize -- and did no longer respond to any press inquiries. Politicians from Germany and the EU have sharply criticized the search engine. A local German data protection commissioner has initiated proceedings and, according to his own statement, is still waiting for a response from PimEyes."
"Now PimEyes has a new owner, who is a 34-year-old security scholar from Georgia. In an interview with netzpolitik.org, Giorgi Gobronidze explains why he, of all people, bought the search engine -- and what he intends to do to make PimEyes less attractive to stalkers."
"The Russian invasion of Georgia was a main driver for me to study security studies. I started to learn more about technology because the Russian army carried out a massive cyber attack which closed down the whole country for almost three days. Later, I also started to study how artificial intelligence based solutions affect not only the security landscape, but our everyday life."
Imagine if you could walk into your local Walmart and your favorite products were delivered to you before you even had to ask. Imagine the possibilities if every camera in your town was connected, and had facial recognition software that could identify you, and call up your preferences on screen before you even asked for it. Facial recognition use cases in retail are endless. Facial Recognition Use Cases in Retail
#biometrics #personalization #selfservice #retail #technology #iris #eyetracking #retailing #facialrecognition #facerecognition #facedetection #computervision
● NEWS ● #EFF #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Resisting the Menace of #FaceRecognition https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/resisting-menace-face-recognition
● NEWS ● #EFF #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #FaceRecognition Isn’t Just Face Identification and Verification: It’s Also Photo Clustering, Race Analysis, Real-time Tracking, and More https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/face-recognition-isnt-just-face-identification-and-verification
● NEWS ● #EFF #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #FaceRecognition Technology: Commonly Used Terms https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/face-recognition-technology-commonly-used-terms
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ How #FaceRecognition Fuels Racist Systems of Policing and Immigration—And Why Congress Must Act Now https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/24/how-face-recognition-fuels-racist-systems-policing-and-immigration-and-why-congress
