They object to the programs, not for the reasons one might think, but, because of the programming that on occasion identifies them as gorillas. It doesn't stop there. These programs are based on finding EXISTING CRIMINALS. There is no getting away from being a suspect.
The programming is faulty in even searching the faces of African AMERICANS.
The FBI needs to do better and seek out the participants at the Georgetown Summit today and take on the challenge of race in the United States.
June 27, 2013 -
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (click here) is suing the FBI over access to its facial recognition records, based on three FOIA requests the group made a year ago.Acording to a statement on the group’s website, since early 2011, EFF has been closely following the FBI’s work to build out its Next Generation Identification (NGI) database, which is set to replace and expand upon the existing integrated automated fingerprint identification system. The face recognition component of the NGI database is set to launch in 2014.
“NGI will result in a massive expansion of government data collection for both criminal and noncriminal purposes,” EFF Staff Attorney Jennifer Lynch, who testified before the U.S. Senate on the privacy implications of facial recognition technology in July of last year said. “Biometrics programs present critical threats to civil liberties and privacy. Face-recognition technology is among the most alarming new developments, because Americans cannot easily take precautions against the covert, remote, and mass capture of their images.”...
