“after multiple tries, the system couldn’t match JB’s face and ID photo, shutting them out of the benefits they qualified for.”
“face recognition has been proved to be less accurate for people of color than white people, and men are more likely to be accurately identified than women”
“other troubles like a broken computer compounded the anxiety.”
“question whether pre- and post-transition photos show the same person. It means reckoning with the software over and over.”
“In Hong Kong, protesters wore masks and goggles to hide their faces from such police surveillance”
The Pandemic is Testing the Limits of Facial recognition