A handful of US cities have banned government use of facial recognition technology due to concerns over its accuracy and privacy. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT FACIAL RECOGNITION IS EVERYWHERE AT THE MOMENT? IT’S HOW WE UNLOCK OUR PHONES, TAG PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK, ETC. IT’S VERY UNUSUAL FOR A GOVERNMENT AT ANY LEVEL TO COMPLETELY BAN A TECHNOLOGY, WHAT’S DRIVING THIS? RIGHT, SO ONE OF THE USES, OR MAYBE THE PRIMARY USE THAT I THINK DRIVES THAT IS LAW ENFORCEMENT’S USE, AND SO BESIDES IT BORDERS, IT’S ALSO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. YOU’VE SEEN IT ON TV EPISODES, WHERE ON CRIME SHOWS, THEY JUST SORT OF SEARCH, AND IT’S LIKE, OH THAT’S WHO THAT IS, ONE OF THE ISSUES IS HOW THAT INTERSECTS WITH OVERALL SURVEILLANCE POSSIBILITIES.
