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Facial Recognition Software Singles Out Innocent Man | The Utopianist - Think Bigger - 0 views

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Image Facial Recognition Law Technology

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  • Gass was at home when he got a letter from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles saying his license had been revoked. Why? The Boston Globe explains: An antiterrorism computerized facial recognition system that scans a database of millions of state driver’s license images had picked his as a possible fraud. It turned out Gass was flagged because he looks like another driver, not because his image was being used to create a fake identity. His driving privileges were returned but, he alleges in a lawsuit, only after 10 days of bureaucratic wrangling to prove he is who he says he is.
  • Weiye Loh on 19 Jul 11
     
    While a boon to police departments looking to save time and money fighting identity fraud, it's frightening to think that people are having their lives seriously disrupted thanks to computer errors. If you are, say, a truck driver, something like this could cause you weeks of lost pay, something many Americans just can't afford to do. And what if this technology expands beyond just rooting out identity fraud? What if you were slammed against a car hood as police falsely identified you as a criminal? The fact that Hass didn't even have a chance to fight the computer's findings before his license was suspended is especially disturbing. What would you do if this happened to you?
Weiye Loh

Keen On… Michael Fertik: Why Data is the New Oil and Why We, the Consumer, Ar... - 0 views

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  • Weiye Loh on 15 Jul 11
     
    In today's Web 3.0 personal data rich economy, reputation is replacing cash, Fertik believes. And he is confident that his company, Reputation.com, is well placed to become the new rating index of this digital ecosystem. But Fertik isn't ecstatic about the way in which new online products, such as facial recognition technology, are exploiting the privacy of online consumers. Arguing that "data is the new oil," Fertik believes that the only people not benefitting from today's social economy are consumers themselves. Rather than government legislation, however, the solution, Fertik told me, are more start-up entrepreneurs like himself providing paid products that empower consumers in our Web 3.0 world of pervasive personalized data. This is the second and final part of my interview with Fertik. Yesterday, he explained to me why people will pay for privacy.
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