Amazon's Rekognition software lets cops track faces: Here's what you need to know

Amazon Rekognition is the company’s effort to create software that can identify anything it’s looking at — most notably faces.  Business organizations and, yes, law enforcement agencies are already licensing that software for their own use. That means that you don’t need to use Facebook or buy a face-scanning iPhone or a fancy video doorbell from Google-owned Nest or Amazon-owned Ring in order for facial recognition to be a part of your everyday life. With Rekognition, maybe it already is. And maybe you aren’t OK with that. Read More

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