Drew Harwell on Nostr: New: Rite Aid secretly scanned shoppers with facial recognition for years, leading to ...
New: Rite Aid secretly scanned shoppers with facial recognition for years, leading to false shoplifting accusations, "embarrassment, harassment and other harm," the FTC says. The chain banned workers from talking about it, and errors were common; one 11-year-old girl was distraught after being searched due to a false match. “Every black man is not [a] thief nor should they be made to feel like one"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/19/ftc-rite-aid-facial-recognition/Published at
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