South Wales Police Facial Recognition System Generated 92% False Positives at Soccer Match
May 7th, 2018Via: Engadget:
Ask critics of police face recognition why they’re so skeptical and they’ll likely cite unreliability as one factor. What if the technology flags an innocent person? Unfortunately, that caution appears to have been warranted to some degree. South Wales Police are facing a backlash after they released data showing that their face recognition trial at the 2017 Champions League final misidentified thousands as potential criminals. Out out of 2,470 initial matches, 2,297 were false positives — about 92 percent.
Whoa. That could be life changing. You pass a camera, then, “you have ten seconds to comply.”
Imagine the problems for the Chinese system! Perhaps cross-referencing cellphone data will do the trick.
Sorry “Aussies”, but you let the gov’t disarm you, so now you are completely at the state’s mercy. Enjoy your land being restored to a penal colony.