Fadó fadó, after the economic crash in Ireland, I was out of a job and on welfare payments. One day, I got an "appointment" letter from the Department to get a PSC card - it also said that if I didn't attend, they would stop payments.

"Department of Social Protection fined €550k for unlawful database of millions of Irish people's faces" from PSC applications:

https://www.thejournal.ie/department-social-protection-fined-unlwaful-database-irish-faces-6731428-Jun2025/

La búsqueda de rostros mediante inteligencia artificial se extiende sin obstáculos - https://netzpolitik.org/2025/behoerden-schauen-zu-ki-suche-fuer-gesichter-breitet-sich-ungehindert-aus/ #facialrecognition #privacy #privacidad #ia

Wow! Bulgarian Data Protection Authority: ‘Theft or attempted theft in the conditions of a "minor case" under the Criminal Code cannot be a reason of important public interest within the meaning of the #GDPR to turn customers of a store into '#walking_barcodes’.’ #FacialRecognition https://cpdp.bg/%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b8%d1%89%d0%b5-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%ba%d0%b7%d0%bb%d0%b4-%d0%be%d1%82%d0%bd%d0%be%d1%81%d0%bd%d0%be-%d0%b8%d0%b7%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b7%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b5-2/

Meanwhile, last UK government was going full-speed to faciliate live facial recognition across the country's supermarkets. What next? #inadequacy

7 New Technologies at Airports This Summer https://www.byteseu.com/1088126/ #Airlines #Airports #FacialRecognition #RobotCleaner #Technology #XRayDiffraction

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/these-companies-are-not-your-friend-journalist-carole/id75648468?i=1000711727417

#DemocracyNow #Alert

'These Companies Are Not Your Friend': #Journalist #CaroleCadwalladr on #Facebook, #OpenAI, #PALANTIR, & More

#Tech #TechBroligarchy #GovernementSurveillance #DigitalJustice #Privacy #DataHarvesting #FacialRecognition #ClearviewAI #AIn #CambridgeAnalytica #GenerativeAI #Broligarchy #DigitalTheft #DataRapists #SiliconValleyFascists #ChatGPT

It starts with immigrants, and you are next.

Slate: “Because of the immense power of facial recognition to target political enemies and indiscriminately deport any of us, and because the system’s racially biased inaccuracy is already causing wrongful arrests, banning facial recognition is an essential step toward preventing authoritarian overreach.”

also Slate - giant, page-obscuring popover: “We need to talk about your ad blocker”

yes, I know these two things are not the same. but they are both part of US-led #SurveillanceCapitalism & the #SurveillanceState​(s) that it enables

https://slate.com/technology/2025/06/ice-facial-recognition-camera-surveillance-mistake-deported.html

#FacialRecognition
#biometrics
#racism
#privacy
#POSIWID

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

What ICE does is, excluding their decision to wear masks, unconstitutional.

Their right to hide their identity is protected explicitly by the Fourth Amendment, and so is mine, and yours, and everyone else's.

In this regard specifically, you're not going to beat them, so you might as well join them.

If you want to walk down the street while wearing a mask for some reason that has nothing to do with COVID, or simply to hide your face, or for no particular reason whatsoever, you sure can.

Your person includes your face.

Data privacy experts are calling on the government to urgently tighten regulation around facial recognition technology, amid growing concerns over its unregulated use by police forces and private companies across the UK.

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/government-urged-to-tighten-regulation-around-facial-recognition-technology

An Ada Lovelace Institute report says the 'highly fragmented nature of biometrics governance makes it very difficult to know if police use of [facial recognition technology] is lawful';

And, the 'legislative void' identified by Privacy International means even if the Govt. claims the technology is subject to limitations mandated by human rights law, the police seem to be using it increasingly without regard for *any* limits;

Focussed regulation is needed!

#FacialRecognition #politics

h/t FT

"the Silicon Valley behemoth [#Facebook] has officially dusted off the effort and is once again working on transforming its #wearable smart glasses into a #facialrecognition-infused #privacy nightmare."

These guys won't learn until the nightmare encroaches upon them. The #sousveillance nightmare might be whats needed to get them to back off at this stage, but that contains its own horrors (e.g. the #OpenAi acquisition of Jony Ive's "io")

https://futurism.com/facial-recognition-meta-plan

Racial profiling is still rife across the EU, the Council of Europe says.

Law enforcement officials across Europe continue to use racial profiling, the Council of Europe's human rights monitoring body (ECRI) has warned.

New technologies such as facial recognition could worsen the problem, experts have suggested.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250528-racial-profiling-is-still-rife-across-the-eu-the-council-of-europe-says?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

El comisario de protección de datos de Berlín critica a la Fiscalía por utilizar repetidamente un sistema de reconocimiento facial en espacios públicos. No existe una base jurídica adecuada para ello - https://netzpolitik.org/2025/berliner-datenschutzbeauftragte-staatsanwaltschaft-hat-bei-gesichtserkennungssystem-gegen-datenschutzrecht-verstossen/ #facialrecognition #protecciondedatos #Alemania #surveillance #vigilancia

Live #FacialRecognition cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as police use soars

The expansion comes despite #facial #recognition failing to be referenced in any act of parliament.

Campaigners claim the #police have been allowed to “self regulate” their use of the technology.

Officers have in the past used a setting that was subsequently shown to disproportionately misidentify black people.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/police-live-facial-recognition-cameras-england-and-wales

Live #FacialRecognition #cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as #police use soars | Facial recognition | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/police-live-facial-recognition-cameras-england-and-wales

""This latest technology helps ensure that we know who is boarding flights," said TSA’s Federal Security Director for Pennsylvania and Delaware Gerardo Spero in a news release last month. "Credential authentication plays an important role in passenger identity verification. It improves a TSA officer’s ability to validate a traveler’s photo identification while also identifying any inconsistencies associated with fraudulent travel documents."

However, there are rising concerns around the safety of biometric information storage, stemming from the lack of transparency around the database where the information is being stored.

"It's not about the integrity of your face or driver's license, it's about the database where you have no control," said India McKinney, director of federal affairs at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. There's the risk of misidentification, security breaches, plus human or technological error. The screening process also varies at different airports and even terminals, putting the burden on the traveler."

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/05/20/tsa-facial-recognition-safety/83726603007/

#CorporateCrime at industrial scale by #ASDA using #FacialRecognition to use your face like a barcode without your consent or knowledge. soon at ASDA near you!

#GifsArtidote: customers should #boycott & #sue them. this company and its management & shareholders are data thieving spying parasites. #NoJusticeNoPeace until ASDA is criminalised like they do to us. #2TierPolicing #SocialHarm
#ClassWar #news #press #UKgov
https://youtu.be/2FBRUdqZvIQ?si=F2V6tHQGJoHM7HTh

I'm pretty sure the State doesn't mind getting caught with this one.

No telling how many other agencies are doing this exact same thing.

New Orleans police secretly used facial recognition on over 200 live camera feeds

https://www.engadget.com/ai/new-orleans-police-secretly-used-facial-recognition-on-over-200-live-camera-feeds-223723331.html?src=rss

New Orleans called out for sketchiest use of facial recognition yet in the US

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/cops-pause-use-of-flawed-ai-cameras-secretly-monitoring-streets-for-suspects/

Police secretly monitored #NewOrleans with #FacialRecognition cameras

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/19/live-facial-recognition-police-new-orleans/