Latest News | UAFS facial recognition cameras proven helpful in multiple cases
Facial recognition cameras at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith have been used successfully in multiple cases, according to reporting from a local news outlet.
Why this matters: When a university announces that surveillance cameras are 'proven helpful,' that framing does a lot of work. Helpful to whom, in what situations, and at what cost to everyone else on campus? Students and staff did not necessarily sign up to be identified by face every time they walk through a building. Facial recognition can misidentify people, and it tends to misidentify some groups more than others. A few solved cases is not the same as a policy that is fair, accurate, or proportionate.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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