Privacy advocates say “No” to tagging, even on your own computer
The debate over commercial and personal use of facial recognition technology was bound to be contentious once you put technology companies in the same room with hard-line privacy advocates. But recent developments call into question whether compromise is even possible.
In February, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) kicked-off a process to develop a voluntary code of conduct for how companies and their customers use facial recognition tools. This week, participants in the process – including privacy advocates, companies, and technologists – will meet again to try finding areas of consensus.
If recent history is any indication, consensus will be very hard to find.