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gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault

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Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault

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gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Retailers increasingly are using facial recognition software to patrol their stores for shoplifters and other unwanted customers. But the technology’s accuracy is highly dependent on technical factors — the cameras’ video quality, a store’s lighting, the size of its face database — and a mismatch can lead to dangerous results.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240124124645/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/22/facial-recognition-wrongful-identification-assault/

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    Are we all gonna have to start wearing disruptive clothing to avoid our lives being destroyed by an algo with immunity?

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      Disruptive makeup as the new fashion trend would be cyberpunk as fuck

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        I seriously wish it would take off. The future should focus entirely on fucking all control structures.

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          The trick is we need styles that do it and look good enough to be worth it for people who aren’t nerds. In short now is the time for the high femme tech geeks to be bold, and experimental and make tech art that’s memetic.

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          I will never be as hardcore as you, but I like your spirit.

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      Are you not doing this already?/s

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        I do enjoy wearing a mask at points of major population centers still.

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      How about makeup?

      https://adam.harvey.studio/cvdazzle/

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