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Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Retailers increasingly are using facial recognition software to patrol their stores for shoplifters and other unwanted customers. But the technology’s accuracy is highly dependent on technical factors — the cameras’ video quality, a store’s lighting, the size of its face database — and a mismatch can lead to dangerous results.

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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They did a lineup with the cashier too I believe. Just another example of eye witnesses being useless.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    After experiencing my own false memories and how easy they came to me, I will never, ever trust an eyewitness account. Give me video proof or gtfo.

    No one should trust another human's account as being 100% accurate and true. The only thing that's trustworthy are recordings from secure sources.

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