Detroit Police Chief Admits Facial Recognition Rarely Provides an Accurate Match
DETROIT, Mich. (July 22, 2020) – During a public meeting last month, Detroit Police Chief James Craig admitted that the city’s facial recognition technology rarely provides a direct match and misidentifies people the vast majority of the time. Detroit paid...
ICE Facial Recognition Reveals Interplay Between Federal, State, Local and Private Surveillance
When it comes to the rapidly growing national surveillance state, federal agencies such as the NSA and FBI get most of the attention. But in fact, state and local law enforcement agencies, and increasingly private third-parties, make federal surveillance possible. A...
Document Unmasks Fusion Center’s Participation in License Plate Surveillance
A document pulled from the BlueLeaks trove reveals the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) collects automatic license plate reader (ALPR) information and stores it for up to a year, making it accessible to government agencies across the country....