Cops Have a Database of 117M Faces. You’re Probably in It
▻https://www.wired.com/2016/10/cops-database-117m-faces-youre-probably
It’s no secret that American law has been building facial recognition databases to aide in its investigations. But a new, comprehensive report on the status of facial recognition as a tool in law enforcement shows the sheer scope and reach of the FBI’s database of faces and those of state-level law enforcement agencies : Roughly half of American adults are included in those collections. And that massive assembly of biometric data is accessed with only spotty oversight of its accuracy and how (...)