Sonya Steele

NYT:
‘Thousands of Dollars for Something I Didn’t Do’

Because of a bad facial recognition match and other hidden technology, Randal Reid spent nearly a week in jail, falsely accused of stealing purses in a state he said he had never even visited.

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Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/technology/facial-recognition-false-arrests.html?unlocked_article_code=GwdqInBc0_qwdxu60yPBmT1LB4b1ncphpS-EidJFauNFIgl6Rj_8MH1g8cENVoKRoVF-Bz8poxaeLFnmtQ5-wUwc-KZvKYJ_KJe4QdhT3g5FSdqB909vRmJfem-1zNga-vbC5YIj7VA0patPrqdS-ASPFTav-FO3IHlqe7qyJ1-leWxWIv6z9Q1zKm4aGkC-oVe2BWXwCvPTbbeaV07lYV8ag3d-1SmXuvT9wmDtgJO6gvle1gDKFqimE8Hn1simzyDSPw62TDnyzm-i42eQnAtxeWbCPba7yYMuXANXPWIx9WaXFhR7ibt6weC7tVuzY4Un8vvCujdKZX_SvJvysR_qY_9pSPVZZ3tYFe4&smid=url-share

‘Thousands of Dollars for Something I Didn’t Do’

Because of a bad facial recognition match and other hidden technology, Randal Reid spent nearly a week in jail, falsely accused of stealing purses in a state he said he had never even visited.

The New York Times
Apr 1, 2023 at 2:17amWeb
Show threadJenXApr 1, 2023
@sonyasteele This article is terrifying. “[A]ccording to Clare Garvie, an expert on the police use of facial recognition, there are four other publicly known cases of wrongful arrests that appear to have involved little investigation beyond a face match, all involving Black men.”