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Authorities have used facial recognition to track down suspects and find missing children. But civil liberties advocates warn about the effect on free speech if the government could monitor everyone’s whereabouts — or, say, identify people at a protest. https://nyti.ms/2UGT9km pic.twitter.com/F1ohTYJBQb
The police and governments may have access to a vast network of cameras. Combine that with a comprehensive database of faces — like a driver’s license database — and it’s possible to track citizens throughout an entire region in real time. https://nyti.ms/2UGT9km pic.twitter.com/qTHIg6zXxL
“The technology has advanced faster than even I thought that it would,” said Jennifer Lynch, surveillance litigation director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. https://nyti.ms/2UGT9km pic.twitter.com/zPXaAXhyKa
In the United States, there are no federal laws that restrict the use of facial recognition. “It’s kind of like a wild, wild west out there,” Ms. Lynch said. https://nyti.ms/2UGT9km
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