Russian takes photographs of random people in the metro and matches them with their social network photos, using neural networks. Your face is big data - your online profiles are no longer anonymous as soon as you publish a photo of your face.
▻https://birdinflight.com/ru/vdohnovenie/fotoproect/06042016-face-big-data.html #biométrie #biometrics #face_recognition #facial_recognition #visage #surveillance
The FBI Now Has The Largest Biometric Database In The World. Will It Lead To More Surveillance?
▻http://www.ibtimes.com/fbi-now-has-largest-biometric-database-world-will-it-lead-more-surveillance
In many ways, the FBI’s biometric program is an extension of the modern-day surveillance technologies that are making average citizens increasingly uncomfortable. Long gone are the days of clunky wiretaps and officers using telephoto lenses from disguised vans. Now local law enforcement agencies increasingly rely on sophisticated technology — largely sourced from the U.S. military — like Stingray devices, which intercept cell phone conversations, and police drones for aerial surveillance.
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2016: January - April Political Notes - Richard Stallman
▻https://www.stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#16_April_2016_(FBI_data_base_of_Americans_faces)
Americans, have you the courage to resist the state’s seductive offer to “protect” us from various smaller dangers, at the cost of total monitoring?
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Facial-Recognition Software Might Have a Racial Bias Problem - The Atlantic
▻http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/the-underlying-bias-of-facial-recognition-systems/476991
Depending on how algorithms are trained, they could be significantly more accurate when identifying white faces than African American ones.
Stallman en 2016… c’est fou comme les militants peuvent prédire l’avenir.