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@gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault

www.washingtonpost.com

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Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault

www.washingtonpost.com

@gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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Retailers increasingly are using facial recognition software to patrol their stores for shoplifters and other unwanted customers. But the technology’s accuracy is highly dependent on technical factors — the cameras’ video quality, a store’s lighting, the size of its face database — and a mismatch can lead to dangerous results.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240124124645/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/22/facial-recognition-wrongful-identification-assault/

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  • Aniki 🌱🌿
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    Are we all gonna have to start wearing disruptive clothing to avoid our lives being destroyed by an algo with immunity?

    • @captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      Disruptive makeup as the new fashion trend would be cyberpunk as fuck

      • Aniki 🌱🌿
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        I seriously wish it would take off. The future should focus entirely on fucking all control structures.

    • DominusOfMegadeus
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      Are you not doing this already?/s

      • Aniki 🌱🌿
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        I do enjoy wearing a mask at points of major population centers still.

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