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Facial recognition database used by FBI is out of control, House committee hears
Database contains photos of half of US adults without consent, and algorithm is wrong nearly 15% of time and is more likely to misidentify black people

California Police Are Sharing Facial Recognition Databases to ID Suspects
New emails reveal how a private technology company is working to change law enforcement as we know it

Cops have a database of 117M faces. You’re probably in it
A new report catalogues the sweeping scope and shoddy safeguards of U.S. law enforcement's facial recognition tools.

The perpetual lineup: Half of US adults in a face-recognition database
In this virtual lineup, you're scanned despite not being suspected of a crime.

Facial recognition service becomes a weapon against Russian porn actresses
FindFace" was created to find friends, but some are using it to harass women.

Facial Recognition Software Moves From Overseas Wars to Local Police (Published 2015)
Dozens of police departments have begun using facial recognition technology to pursue conventional criminal suspects like drug dealers and prostitutes.

Police use of Amazon’s face-recognition service draws privacy warnings
Cloud-based service can index millions of faces and recognize 100 people in an image.

Accessorize to a CrimeResearch from Carnegie Mellon University can generate visual patterns onto glasses to either avoid facial recognition or ‘impersonate’ as someone else:Machine learning is enabling a myriad innovations

China bets on facial recognition in big drive for total surveillance
Facial recognition is the new hot tech topic in China. Banks, airports, hotels and even public toilets are all trying to verify people’s identities by analyzing their faces. But the police and security state have been the most enthusiastic about embracing this new technology.

FBI director: Cover up your webcam
“There’s some sensible things you should be doing, and that’s one of them.”

Biometrics catches violent fugitive 25 years on the run
Like it or not, facial-recognition tech has become an everyday part of society.

Police use facial recognition to scan one million faces in WA trial leading to 122 arrests
Deployments of surveillance vans over five months resulted in nine false alerts and led officers to engage with 146 registered sex offenders

Facebook’s newest privacy problem: ‘Faceprint’ data
A court case moves forward over whether the social network is breaking the law for not asking your explicit permission for scanning and storing your facial features.
Turnbull denies new facial recognition measures amount to 'mass surveillance'
Prime minister plays down privacy implications of automated face-matching regime under anti-terrorism deal struck with states
