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Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault (www.washingtonpost.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

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