Documents Show IBM Pitched The NYPD Facial Recognition Software With Built-In Racial Profiling Options
from the facial-profiling-amirite dept Documents obtained by The Intercept show the NYPD and IBM engaged in a long-running facial recognition tech partnership from 2008 to 2016. While some of this deployment was discussed publicly, details about the extent of the program -- as well as it's more problematic elements -- haven't been. As the article's title informs the reader, camera footage could be scanned for face matches using skin tone as a search constraint. Considering this was pushed by IBM as a tool to prevent the next 9/11, it's easy to see why the NYPD -- given its history of surveilling Muslim New Yorkers -- might be willing to utilize a tool like this to pare down lists of suspects to just the people it suspected all along (Muslims). There are a number of surprises contained in the long, detailed article, but the first thing that jumps out is IBM's efforts and statements, rather than the NYPD's. We all know the government capitalizes on tragedies to expand its power, but here we see a private corporation appealing to this base nature to make a sale. < - > https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180906/16591940593/documents-show-ibm-pitched-nypd-facial-recognition-software-with-built-in-racial-profiling-options.shtml _______________________________________________ Infowarrior mailing list Infowarrior@attrition.org https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/infowarrior
