Are Face-Detection Cameras Racist?

This story was submitted a month ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1014011

And a few days ealier than that: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1005406

The BBC item got flagged and deleted, but here's the link in case you're interested:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8429634.stm

It's a hard problem, a really hard problem, and it's been oversold.

No, they just don't work very well.