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Flock CEO Says Facial Recognition Is Inevitable on Cameras
Original: Surveillance Finds a Way
The CEO of surveillance company Flock said the firm wants to add facial recognition to its network of license plate reading cameras, calling it "the way the world will have to be." Critics are warning the move would dramatically expand mass surveillance, since Flock cameras are already deployed across thousands of US neighborhoods and police departments, and argue the technology enables tracking of people rather than just vehicles.
Why now: Privacy advocates are alarmed that a company whose cameras are widely deployed by police is openly pushing to add facial recognition.
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- Surveillance Finds a Way · 404 Media
CEO who wants to add facial recognition to Flock cameras says it's "the way the world will have to be."
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