FBIs Facial Recognition Database Out Of Control

The facial recognition database used by the FBI is “out of control,” according to a new report by The Guardian.

“Approximately half of adult Americans’ photographs are stored in facial recognition databases that can be accessed by the FBI, without their knowledge or consent, in the hunt for suspected criminals,” reported The Guardian on Monday. “About 80% of photos in the FBI’s network are non-criminal entries, including pictures from driver’s licenses and passports. The algorithms used to identify matches are inaccurate about 15% of the time, and are more likely to misidentify black people than white people…”

“For those reasons and others, we must conduct proper oversight of this emerging technology,” he continued, adding that body cameras with the potential to scan faces while walking down the street were the “most concerning…”

In their report, The Guardian added, “Unlike with the collection of fingerprints and DNA, which is done following an arrest, photos of innocent civilians are being collected proactively…

Brian Brackeen, CEO of the movie and theme park facial recognition company Kairos, also criticized the lack of regulation for facial recognition software and databases, proclaiming the commercial side of the industry to be “five years ahead” of FBI.

According to The Guardian, Brackeen claimed “he was ‘not comfortable’ with the lack of regulation,” before adding “There has got to be privacy protections for the individual.”

Chances are, if the government has ever looked at you, be it for alt-right activity, or just doing something to try and avoid the machine, your DNA and fingerprints are in the databases as well as your face.

The dumb part is they don’t limit these things to criminals and terrorist threats. If they only used this on criminals, I would not be the least interested in these technologies. But as the civilian populace increasingly realizes they are targeted for government control, they will come to see this as merely more control used to spy on them and invade their lives.

There is nothing like realizing you can no longer go anywhere privately. When the machine chases you the natural urge is to want to be able to run. Anything in the way of running becomes a real amygdala trigger. I expect one day this will all either be destroyed, or driven so underground it will only be available to very few individuals in the uppermost levels of government.

Tell others about r/K Theory now, because once we are in the cattle cars, everyone there will already know about it