The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others.

Within minutes of walking through an Israeli military checkpoint along Gaza’s central highway on Nov. 19, the Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha was asked to step out of the crowd. He put down his 3-year-old son, whom he was carrying, and sat in front of a military jeep.

Half an hour later, Mr. Abu Toha heard his name called. Then he was blindfolded and led away for interrogation.

  • Em Adespoton
    45·
    9 months ago

    Oddly, it sounds like the facial recognition actually worked. Most such systems have a huge FP rate, so are useful for narrowing the search but not dependable for identifying that someone in footage is actually that person.

    The problem here is more the intel backing it and the actions taken as a result; it sounds like the actual use of the tech is being done in an appropriate manner to account for potential FPs.

    In other words, the problem is persecuting and killing Palestinians and equating alleged association with guilt, not with facial recognition tech.

    • danekrae@lemmy.world
      61·
      9 months ago

      Why don’t they just make them wear a patch on their clothes, so they’re easy to identify? A bright yellow badge perhaps?