Facial recognition tech booms despite accuracy concerns. Police arrests surge while airports and restaurants trial facial payments and passport-free travel.

A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.

  • palordrolap@kbin.social
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    4 months ago

    Ay, there’s the rub. Almost no-one’s going to pay for the top-notch system, and will instead go for the lowest bidder.