Toronto police have been using facial recognition technology for more than a yearLaw & Order | 207192 hits | May 28 12:02 pm | Posted by: N_Fiddledog Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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"Toronto police have been using facial recognition technology for more than a year - a tool police say increases the speed and efficiency of criminal investigations and has led to arrests in major crimes including homicides.
But the emerging technology - which relies on artificial intelligence - has generated enough privacy and civil liberty concerns that the city of San Francisco, worried about police and state overreach, recently became the first U.S. city to ban the tool..."
If we had cameras and actual cops were watching monitors trying to look for bad guys, would we even be having this conversation?
Except they're the criminals and everyone else.