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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months ago

Facial recognition error sees woman accused of theft

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Facial recognition error sees woman accused of theft

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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months ago

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Woman mistaken for thief after shop face scan alert

An apparent mix-up led to Danielle Horan was wrongly accused of shoplifting by Home Bargains staff.

An apparent mix-up with the technology led to Danielle Horan being wrongly accused of shoplifting.

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innocent until proven guilty but when an algorithm, a camera and a facial recognition system gets involved, you are guilty

Just the algorithm is needed for that, for example the Post Office Horizon scandal.
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  Coming to United States of America soon, and here you have zero recourse if the system is wrong.

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