Taylor Swift used facial recognition software to detect stalkers at LA concert Read more“Stalkers are a generally scary phenomenon and everyone understands why someone like Taylor Swift would want to be protected against them,” says Jay Stanley, the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) senior policy analyst. The technology, Stanley explains, isn’t perfect and can cause security staff to target innocent people. Mary Haskett, the co-founder of a facial recognition company called Blink Identity, founded in February this year, thinks the technology will make people’s lives better. Her company uses facial recognition to enable faster entry at events for people who have opted-in. Haskett says most people are happy to opt-in to the system in the name of convenience, but she says the secrecy surrounding the Taylor Swift situation is unsettling.

Source: The Guardian December 14, 2018 03:34 UTC