Sunday, 22 March 2020
Subscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter here! Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. A few months ago, I wrote about how the Indian government dismissed fears of mass surveillance in response to concerns that its proposed facial recognition system lacks adequate oversight. But as the country’s capital was gripped by communal violence last month, it appears that law enforcement agencies employed the tech to identify more than 1,100 individuals who were allegedly involved in riots and violent protests. “We are using face recognition software to identify…
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