Activists Use Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police | Futurism
▻https://futurism.com/the-byte/activists-build-facial-recognition-id-cops-hide-badges
In order to hold police accountable when they try to hide their identities, a growing number of activists are developing facial recognition tools that identify cops, The New York Times reports — a striking inversion of the way cops tend to use facial recognition on protestors and suspects.
It’s a satisfying role reversal. Police are hiding their identities while cracking down on protests, in other words, just to be outed by the same invasive technology that they use to surveil the populace.
Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/technology/facial-recognition-police.html#click=https://t.co/6aQLVYGBUi
