Homeland Security wants to use facial recognition on US citizens, too

RACHEL METZ, CNN BUSINESS
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by RACHEL METZ, CNN BUSINESS
Facial recognition systems show rampant racial bias, study finds
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Racial minorities were far more likely than whites to be misidentified in the US government's testing, the study found, raising fresh concerns about the software's impartiality even as more government agencies at the city, state and federal level clamor to use it.

UPDATE: US Customs and Border Protection, which is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, said Thursday that it is no longer seeking a regulation change that would have enabled it to use facial-recognition technology to identify all people entering and leaving the United States, including US citizens. The change follows CBP consultation with Congress and privacy experts.

The Department of Homeland Security wants to be able to use facial-recognition technology to identify all people entering and leaving the United States — including US citizens.

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