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Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza
(www.nytimes.com)
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this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2024
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Oddly, it sounds like the facial recognition actually worked. Most such systems have a huge FP rate, so are useful for narrowing the search but not dependable for identifying that someone in footage is actually that person.
The problem here is more the intel backing it and the actions taken as a result; it sounds like the actual use of the tech is being done in an appropriate manner to account for potential FPs.
In other words, the problem is persecuting and killing Palestinians and equating alleged association with guilt, not with facial recognition tech.
Why don’t they just make them wear a patch on their clothes, so they’re easy to identify? A bright yellow badge perhaps?