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2019-05-15 Government
San Francisco becomes the first US city to BAN government use of facial recognition
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Posted by Skidmark 2019-05-15 04:53|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 "Stopped Clock" syndrome. Even SF got this right.
Posted by Phomorong Pelosi5448 2019-05-15 07:35||   2019-05-15 07:35|| Front Page Top

#2 looks like a virtue signaling to me

security firms could use facial recog and their findings could be used by govt
Posted by lord garth 2019-05-15 10:05||   2019-05-15 10:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes. "Arm's length" is how USIC hired Steele.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-05-15 10:25||   2019-05-15 10:25|| Front Page Top

#4 how will their iphones unlock?
Posted by Yosemite Sam 2019-05-15 10:30||   2019-05-15 10:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Legislation bans municipal but not personal, business or federal government use.

Too many false positives between the sidewalks and city hall.
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-05-15 11:09||   2019-05-15 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 In unrelated news Al Queda has set up their North American headquarters in San Francisco.
Posted by rschwarz 2019-05-15 11:23||   2019-05-15 11:23|| Front Page Top

#7 ...too many false positives...

Too many sanctuary types match for feces on the street...
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-05-15 11:41||   2019-05-15 11:41|| Front Page Top

#8 they wouldnt want to "out" all the chinese spys in the Bay Area
Posted by 746 2019-05-15 12:47||   2019-05-15 12:47|| Front Page Top

#9 As CCTV cameras proliferate in public spaces so will facial recognition systems.

With any kind of automated detection or testing, accuracy and interpretation will be an on-going problem. Did our early warning radar just pick up a massive ballistic missile launch or is it just a flock of birds? Does this DNA sample match one from the crime scene?

Facial recognition systems work by comparing features shared by two images and outputting a probability that they are the same. That probability gets turned into Yes/No depending on how you set the dial. But underneath, it's a probability.

Humans are notoriously bad at dealing with probability. If the odds of winning the lottery were 75%, we'd rush to buy a ticket. And be totally stunned if we lost. But 75% means 25 times out of a hundred you lose.

If you cloak probability in the mantle of authority, it's hard to resist an expert witness claim in court that there is a 75% chance this guy is the perp. But remember that 25 times out of a 100 thing? As I understand, the Chinese are going all in with facial recognition as part of their Social Credit system. That should tell you something about the uses and abuses of the technology.
Posted by SteveS 2019-05-15 13:55||   2019-05-15 13:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Nicely explained, SteveS.

In unrelated news Al Queda has set up their North American headquarters in San Francisco.

Truly or snark, rjschwarz?
Posted by trailing wife 2019-05-15 14:21||   2019-05-15 14:21|| Front Page Top

#11 Who would be the first to know, TW?
Posted by Bobby 2019-05-15 14:33||   2019-05-15 14:33|| Front Page Top

#12 I don’t understand your question, Bobby. Clearly I’m mentally slower than usual today.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-05-15 14:46||   2019-05-15 14:46|| Front Page Top

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