>> shilling Rekogition to police departments and governments
That's a rather poor choice of words. I prefer "helping police departments catch criminals", myself. 'cuz, you know, police departments exist for a reason.
That's a rather poor choice of words. I prefer "helping police departments catch criminals", myself. 'cuz, you know, police departments exist for a reason.
Police have a legitimate, important societal purpose, and have historically abused and over-surveilled minority populations in a way that's highly problematic.
There's a compelling use case for facial recognition in law enforcement. There's also a compelling case that it needs to be closely scrutinized and regulated.
They aren't always good guys, and it's ok to have legitimate concerns about cooperation with law enforcement.