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

  • NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    271·
    10 months ago

    Why is a private entity able to use facial recognition software in the first place. I know doesn’t have the equivilant of GDPR, but surely it has some level of privacy laws?

    Why did the police think that was sufficient evidence to jail someone, especially when there wasn’t any further collaborating evidence.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      They had collaborating evidence, they used a photo lineup on the clerk who was robbed at gunpoint and the clerk picked him out as the perp.

      But then the problem becomes eyewitness testimony and possible manipulation of lineup photos by the cops.

  • DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

    Absolutely horrifying, but not surprising. This kind of shit is exactly what we were worried about when facial recognition tech started to take off.