The NYPD abused its facial recognition system by editing suspects' photos ─ and by uploading celebrity lookalikes ─ in an effort to identify people wanted for crimes, a new report says.
The New York Police Department abused its facial recognition system by editing suspects' photos ─ and by uploading celebrity lookalikes ─ in an effort to identify people wanted for crimes, researchers charged this week in aThe findings, culled from documents obtained in a two-year legal battle with the NYPD, were included in an investigation by the Georgetown Center on Privacy and Technology into police use of facial recognition across the country.
Facial recognition algorithms compare images of unidentified people to mugshots, booking photos and driver's license photos. Police are, saying it helps them solve crimes that otherwise would go cold. They say they use it as an investigative tool and it is not reason alone to arrest someone.
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