READ MORE:* Police facial recognition: Privacy commissioner not consulted on new system* Privacy concerns over police's new 'state of the art' facial recognition system* China has a new facial recognition app - this time for pandas* Shanghai airport now automates check-in with facial recognition* In China, facial recognition is sharp end of a drive for total surveillance* The fraught age of facial recognition techIn one case, the department used a photo of American actor Woody Harrelson in an attempt to track down a beer thief who looked like the True Detective star. Supplied Clare Garvie, facial recognition researcher at Georgetown Law, was part of a team who found half of all American adults appear in a law enforcement facial recognition system. Supplied Garvie says the NZ public deserve answers about the police facial recognition system. She believes people should not be locked up on the basis a facial recognition system finds they look like a celebrity. The facial recognition system would be the domain of a small, trained group of specialists in Wellington, closely monitored by supervisors, Walker said.

Source: Stuff December 19, 2019 20:15 UTC