What happens when facial recognition gets it wrong – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

A London woman was wrongly flagged as a shoplifter by a retailer’s Facewatch facial recognition system, reigniting concerns about the technology’s reliability, false positives, and privacy/legal risks; the piece notes that while several U.S. cities have banned police use of facial recognition, some are reconsidering amid crime concerns, and points to a video for further discussion.