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Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It (www.wired.com)

submitted 9 months ago by KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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For facial recognition experts and privacy advocates, the East Bay detective’s request, while dystopian, was also entirely predictable. It emphasizes the ways that, without oversight, law enforcement is able to mix and match technologies in unintended ways, using untested algorithms to single out suspects based on unknowable criteria.

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 45 points 9 months ago (3 children)

wow nice to know that from DNA you can predict whether or not a person has a beard, or their style of hair

[–] hansl@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Even from a perfect witness (and witnesses are very imprefect) you wouldn’t be able to predict if they have a beard or not. That’s why you always multiple variations of the person when they actually distribute renditions.

[–] Wage_slave@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

I was was wondering what I'd look like with a sick tat on my face. And behold, the DNA and AI winning combination knew it, before I ever got it.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Or what they look like from lifestyle and health factors.