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'Recipe for authoritarianism': Amazon under fire for selling face-recognition software to police

on May 22, 2018

"Amazon marketing materials promoted the idea of using Rekognition in conjunction with police body cameras in real time – exactly the outcome Cyril feared.

“That is a recipe for authoritarianism and disaster,” Cyril said. “Amazon shouldn’t be anywhere near it, and if we have anything to say about it, they will not be.”"

Date Published:05/22/2018
Original Publication:The Guardian

Published in: Press , law enforcement , facial recognition , Police Body Cameras , Privacy