Police around the US say they're justified to run DNA-generated 3D models of faces through facial recognition tools to help crack cold cases. Everyone but the cops thinks that’s a bad idea.

For facial recognition experts and privacy advocates, the East Bay detective’s request, while dystopian, was also entirely predictable. It emphasizes the ways that, without oversight, law enforcement is able to mix and match technologies in unintended ways, using untested algorithms to single out suspects based on unknowable criteria.

  • SamæEnglish
    15•8 months ago

    What’s scary here is the lack of training/understanding on the investigation side… This is just ignorance.

    the family deserves to know that we tried everything

    Like, have you tried praying? We don’t have any data, so it may be effective.