The main point is that the systems have lots of false positives. Particularly with people of color. Experience also shows police start to believe the system, with more false arrests

>"Services that put a name to a face, including Clearview AI, are being used to identify Russian soldiers, living or dead, and to verify that _...Read More_

"The state’s attorney general said the company repeatedly captured and commercialized biometric data in photos and videos for more than a decade without users’ permission."

"The IRS directed 7 million Americans to the facial recognition vendor [ID.me](http://ID.me) before abandoning plans to make the service mandatory this week, raising new worries about the security of records already submitted to the company."

"The private contractor [ID.me](http://ID.me) said it will drop the facial recognition requirement in the identity-verification software used by 30 states and 10 federal agencies, a major reversal following a backlash due to the technology’s accuracy and _...Read More_

"The Internal Revenue Service has abandoned its plan to require Americans submit to a facial recognition check through a private company to access their online tax accounts following a firestorm of criticism from privacy advocates and _...Read More_

"Taxpayers should be wary of the U.S. government for pushing [ID.me](http://ID.me) ’s face-based biometric technology on them."

>"Banning the technology comes right when Facebook is also trying to pivot its public image toward its new parent company, Meta."

CNN: Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software. >"Facebook said Tuesday it plans to stop using facial-recognition software that could _...Read More_

"Facebook on Tuesday announced that it will be putting an end to its face recognition system amid growing concern from users and _...Read More_

>"Saying it wants “to find the right balance” with the technology, the social network will delete the face scan data of more than one billion users."

"Campaigners say Face Pay, launched in over 240 stations, is ‘dangerous step’ in efforts to control population"

>"Two unions allege the system used to check drivers' identity works less well for darker skin tones."

Update: looks like this is just a trial of 50 people returning from interstate travel doing quarantine in their own home. It seems less concerning in that context but still something to keep an a watch on. "The trial will involve 50 South _...Read More_