[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #605: The use of facial recognition is getting creepier

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OPLIN 4Cast #605: The use of facial recognition is getting creepier
August 1st, 2018

[image: Wearing a face mask] We've covered facial recognition in the 4Cast
before <http://4cast.oplin.org/?p=6931>, but this week we're taking another
look, after Amazon's facial recognition wrongly identified 28 members of
Congress as being criminals
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/technology/amazon-aclu-facial-recognition-congress.html>.
This error is newsworthy on its own, but it also highlights some major
problems and incorrect assumptions. For instance, the underlying databases
that facial recognition uses often have implicit biases (see Can We Make
Non-Racist Facial Recognition?)

Add to that additional news that is raising other issues and, to be honest,
the creepiness factor.  The biases built into this type of software is only
one of the concerns.

   -
   - Schools can now get free facial recognition software to track students
   <https://www.fastcompany.com/90205116/schools-can-now-get-free-facial-recognition-software-to-track-students>
   [Fast Company] "The tech is currently being tested at a school in Seattle
   (specifically, the school that the founder’s kids attend) where kids can
   unlock a gate by smiling at a surveillance camera—which may sound chilling
   to anyone who has read *Nineteen Eighty-Four*. It will reportedly be
   piloted in the state of Wyoming later this year."
   - Police accused of deploying facial recognition 'by stealth' in London
   <https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/facial-recognition-uk-police-london-trial-data-human-rights-legal-action-met-a8466876.html>
   [Independent]"Scotland Yard pledged that members of the public would be
   informed using leaflets and posters in Stratford, but monitors said people
   were not being properly warned before walking into the scanning zone."
   - Canadian Malls Secretly Tracked Shoppers' Age, Gender Using Facial
   Recognition Technology
   <https://gizmodo.com/canadian-malls-secretly-tracked-shoppers-age-gender-us-1827926112>
   [Gizmodo] "Canadian outlet CBC reports
   <https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-malls-1.4760964> that
   the mall’s parent company, Cadillac Fairview, has admitted to using the
   software without shopper consent, but the company claims they only collect
   limited data. The software has been in use since June. "
   - AI system looks at faces and rates them for responsibility, happiness,
   aggression, attractiveness, weirdness, and emotional stability
   <https://boingboing.net/2018/07/29/ai-system-looks-at-faces-and-r.html>
   [Boing Boing] "The Biometric Mirror scans people's faces and uses AI to
   compare their faces against a database of other faces to produce a
   personality profile of the scanned person. The reports include ratings for
   the individual's responsibility, happiness, aggression, attractiveness,
   weirdness, and emotional stability."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Facial Recognition Technology: An Overview
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=124174935>
   (Crelin, J. (2017). Facial Recognition Technology: An Overview. *Points
   Of View: Facial Recognition Technology*, 1. )
   - Counterpoint: Facial Recognition Technology Should Be Regulated to
   Address Privacy Concerns
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=124174937>
   (Counterpoint: Facial Recognition Technology Should Be Regulated to Address
   Privacy Concerns. (2017). *Points of View: Facial Recognition Technology*,
   1. )
   - Duping facial recognition technology
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmh&AN=6FPTS2018060746288185>
   (Julien Gignac Toronto, S. (2018, June 7). Duping facial recognition
   technology. *Toronto Star (Canada)*. )

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