Facial recognition : A solution in search of a problem ?
▻https://edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/blog/facial-recognition-solution-search-problem_en
“Be water”. This is the evocative and enigmatic phrase of the current mask-wearing protestors in Hong-Kong. It seems to represent the fight of citizens for the right to be shapeless and anonymous among the crowd, including when exercising the right to protest, versus surveillance by the state authorities. It is undeniable that facial recognition, the biometric application used to identify or verify a person’s identity, has become increasingly present in many aspects of daily life. It is used (...)
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