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A Wanted Man in China Has Been Caught Because of Facial Recognition Software (fastcompany.com)

Posted by msmash on from the 1984 dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The man was reportedly caught after facial recognition software running on cameras at a concert identified him, reports AbacusNews. That's despite there being over 50,000 people attending the concert, which took place in Nanchang, China. Law enforcement in the country has increasingly been turning to facial recognition software to surveil the public for persons of interest.

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  1. Re:In soviet Russia by nospam007 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "I do wonder how many false alerts they got along the way."

    False alerts? Everybody the machine recognizes goes to prison.
    There _are_ no false alerts.