EPISODE · May 11, 2018 · 10 MIN
Facial Recognition Tech Is Creepy When It Works—And Creepier When It Doesn’t
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
For the last few years, police forces around China have invested heavily to build the world's largest video surveillance and facial recognition system, incorporating more than 170 million cameras so far. In a December test of the dragnet in Guiyang, a city of 4.3 million people in southwest China, a BBC reporter was flagged for arrest within seven minutes of police adding his headshot to a facial recognition database. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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For the last few years, police forces around China have invested heavily to build the world's largest video surveillance and facial recognition system, incorporating more than 170 million cameras so far. In a December test of the dragnet in Guiyang, a city of 4.3 million people in southwest China, a BBC reporter was flagged for arrest within seven minutes of police adding his headshot to a facial recognition database. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Facial Recognition Tech Is Creepy When It Works—And Creepier When It Doesn’t
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