Russia uses facial recognition to detain Navalny funeral attendees

https://www.semafor.com/article/03/05/2024/russian-authorities-use-facial-recognition-to-detain-navalny-funeral-attendees

by belter • 2 years ago

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tamimio• 2 years ago

A government is using a technology against its citizens? News at 11! Facial recognition is heavily used by all governments, in NYC, 15000 cameras are used for that purpose (1) as most Americans are already in a facial recognition database (2) that is accessed by the FBI (3), and even the retailers uses it(4), I read before the highway cameras are also used, but I can’t find the article. Same in the UK (5) and you should assume all governments are using it, in fact, right now governments leverage drones for even more efficient recognition.

(1) https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/06/scale-new-yor...

(2) https://www.perpetuallineup.org

(3) https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/fbi-has-access-...

(4) https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/14/22576236/retail-stores-fa...

(5) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/business/london-police-fa...

ThisIsMyAltAcct• 2 years ago

And as we all know, this completely absolves Russia of arresting funeral attendees.

Russia uses facial recognition to detain Navalny funeral attendees

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