In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black::Facial recognition software has always had trouble telling Black people apart, yet police departments are still using it.

  • Throwaway@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Shouldn’t use it at all, but the tech isn’t intentionally malicious, just a fact of the tech.

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      1 year ago

      Exposure is a dial, not a technology. People are choosing to use it this way.

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        1 year ago

        Hell of a lot easier when its a white dude on a dark background than a black dude on a dark background. The technology is just not being used in the way it should be.