“Amazon Rekognition is primed for abuse in the hands of governments,” the letter said. “Facial recognition in American communities threatens this freedom. The federal government could use this facial recognition technology to continuously track immigrants as they embark on new lives.”Amazon did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment on the letter. A 2016 study by Georgetown University researchers found that one in two US adults, or 117 million people, appeared in a law enforcement facial recognition database, with most of those undisclosed and unregulated. The researchers said that widespread use of facial recognition risks eroding constitutional guarantees against unreasonable searches.

Source: The Express Tribune May 23, 2018 08:37 UTC