The Algorithmic Justice League and the Center of Privacy & Technology at Georgetown University Law Center released the Safe Face Pledge, a call for companies to no longer provide facial-recognition technology to law enforcement unless laws are passed to allow it, Bloomberg reports. The pledge asks for companies to “show value for human life, dignity and rights, address harmful bias, [and] facilitate transparency.” Large tech companies have not signed the pledge, potentially out of fear of losing valuable contracts. Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union put Amazon under the microscope for a patent application to put facial-recognition technology into doorbells. In related news, Wired reports on the surveillance lessons learned from Google Glass while Slate reports Taylor Swift’s security team used facial recognition to identify stalkers at her concerts.
Full Story