San Francisco Wants to Ban Government Face Recognition
▻https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/san-francisco-proposes-ban-government-face-recognition/581923
Is it too late, too difficult, or too ironic to try to stop it from becoming a city of surveillance ? A San Francisco lawmaker is proposing what would be a nationwide first : a complete moratorium on local government use of facial-recognition technology. Introduced by San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin, the Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance would ban all city departments from using facial-recognition technology and require board approval before departments purchase new surveillance (...)
