cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/27998954

Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip

Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent, The New York Times reports. The program, which was created after the October 7th attacks, uses technology from Google Photos as well as a custom tool built by the Tel Aviv-based company Corsight to identify people affiliated with Hamas.

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    7 months ago

    yeah the article includes such a case occuring with the system in the Gaza strip and an innocent guy being held captive and tortured