Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police. Critics See Surveillance Risk - The New York Times

Today's trip took our frisky kitty to The New York Times site. There he found a post about Amazon's facial recognition system.

I don't like this at all.

According to Nick Wingfield, Amazon has a facial recognition service called Rekognition. The facial recognition tool is available through Amazon Web Services. Amazon is making a concerted effort to interest law enforcement agencies in the service. Apparently, the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Oregon is the first (known) adopter of the service. Now, the American Civil Liberties Union has asked Amazon to stop promoting the facial recognition tool to law enforcement.

Panzer says, "Mom and I usually only post about publishing stuff ... But ... I wanted you to know ... Because ... This is kind of scary stuff to this little kitty."

Note: This is a h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s post. Bring a thermos of tea, a dozen muffins and a sleeping bag for a nap in the middle for today's reading selection.

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