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This Tool Could Protect Your Photos From Facial Recognition
"Elizabeth Joh, a law professor at the University of California, Davis, has written about tools like Fawkes as “privacy protests,” where individuals want t…
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As facial recognition draws scrutiny nationwide, Stanford research raises questions closer to home
“I think consumers come up short here when it comes to research uses and there is little to be done to their relief under current law,” wrote Albert Gidari — Co…
Masks and our face-recognition future: How coronavirus (slightly) clouds the picture painted by tech firms
Facial recognition surveillance systems are ominous. People see how these tools threaten privacy and civil liberties and consider ways they might resist being t…
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Is Clearview AI’s facial recognition legal? We need to figure it out soon
"Basically, we haven’t yet figured that out. The LinkedIn case ultimately found that scraping is protected and legal, and hiQ is still in business. But, as…
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As use of facial recognition expands, travelers worry about privacy
"The problem, though, goes far beyond what a few airlines and cruise lines are testing. “It is common to have your fingerprints scanned and your picture ta…
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The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
"Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University in Boston, sees Clearview as the latest proof that facial recognition…
What Happens When Employers Can Read Your Facial Expressions?
Facial recognition technology, once a darling of Silicon Valley with applications for policing, spying and authenticating identities, is suddenly under fire. Co…
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Google reportedly targeted people with 'dark skin' to improve facial recognition
"“Though research shows clearly that facial recognition systems disproportionately misidentify black and brown faces, the goal should not be to improve the…
Why You Can’t Really Consent to Facebook’s Facial Recognition
Not long ago, Consumer Reports launched an investigation into Facebook and discovered something surprising. Nearly a year and a half after the company introduce…
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As facial recognition software becomes more ubiquitous, some governments slam on the brakes
"“It’s the first time I’ve seen communities put a moratorium on the use of a surveillance technology,” says Catherine Crump, director of the Samuelson Law,…
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Facial recognition's 'dirty little secret': Millions of online photos scraped without consent
"“You’ve really got a rock-and-a-hard-place situation happening here,” said Woody Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern Universi…
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San Francisco Could Be First to Ban Facial Recognition Tech
"“This is the first piece of legislation that I’ve seen that really takes facial recognition technology as seriously as it is warranted and treats it as un…