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US bans pharmacy Rite Aid from facial recognition use

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US bans pharmacy Rite Aid from facial recognition use

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Technology · 2 years ago

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Pharmacy group Rite Aid was ordered Tuesday to stop using facial recognition for the next five years by a US regulator, which said the company falsely identified consumers as shoplifters using the technology.

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Nice, ban police next
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  The police use it more like an excuse to harass people of color.

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