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Facial recognition technology is “dangerously inaccurate” (IT Pro, 15 May 2018)

By Index on Censorship

May 15, 2018

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Police stored innocent people’s biometrics data after mistaking them for criminals, says privacy group. The Metropolitan Police’s use of facial recognition is misidentifying innocent people as wanted criminals more than nine times out of 10, according to a privacy campaign group. Read in full.

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