{"id":704,"date":"2020-05-04T11:54:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T09:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betterweb.qwant.com\/2023\/09\/18\/real-privacy-stories-2-facial-recognition-confuses-28-members-of-congress-with-criminals\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T16:57:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:57:14","slug":"real-privacy-stories-2-facial-recognition-confuses-28-members-of-congress-with-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betterweb.qwant.com\/en\/2020\/05\/04\/real-privacy-stories-2-facial-recognition-confuses-28-members-of-congress-with-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Privacy Stories #2: Facial recognition confuses 28 members of Congress with criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raising awareness of privacy is not easy. How to effectively convey messages on an issue that few people discern? Besides, what are we talking about when we talk about personal data? And why should they be protected?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seen as an absolute progress, technology is often the answer to our ills. Today, it is facial recognition that is inexorably spreading as an ideal solution to security problems. This is a great responsibility for a technology that is far from foolproof. This will be our story of the day in this second episode of the Real Privacy Stories series. Remember, the first part of this series was about advertising tracking.<\/a><\/p>\n

Facial recognition technology has falsely identified 28 members of Congress with people arrested for crimes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Source: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2018\/jul\/26\/amazon-facial-rekognition-congress-mugshots-aclu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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