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ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice (www.404media.co)
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In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said the app's results are a “definitive” determination of someone's immigration status.

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[–] 50 points 6 months ago

Anyone that's ever looked into Google Photo's "auto tag" feature knows that facial recognition is not 100% accurate. Google has done it the longest, with the largest dataset and the most processing power, and it is still 90% accurate, at best.

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