Face recognition technoloy is "out of control"

[Skybird]

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...nses-passports

"Facial recognition technology is a powerful tool law enforcement can use to protect people, their property, our borders, and our nation,” said the committee chair, Jason Chaffetz, adding that in the private sector it can be used to protect financial transactions and prevent fraud or identity theft.

“But it can also be used by bad actors to harass or stalk individuals. It can be used in a way that chills free speech and free association by targeting people attending certain political meetings, protests, churches, or other types of places in the public.”
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“No federal law controls this technology, no court decision limits it. This technology is not under control,” said Alvaro Bedoya, executive director of the center on privacy and technology at Georgetown Law.

States, govenrments and politicians have proven that the more power they are being given, the more they loose any scruples to abuse it, making it the norm by mere ammount of ordinary usage. In the land of the mad men, insanity is defined as normality and the sane man is who gets called the ill man.