How the History of Biometrics Informs Its Future
Israel’s and the UK’s decisions regarding biometric ID reveal major differences in how countries and social movements view this technology.
Governments worldwide are increasingly using biometrics to identify their own citizens. To Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI Fellow Michelle Spektor, this raises interesting questions about how biometric identification (fingerprints and/or facial recognition) impacts the relationship between a state and its citizens, as well as how different states might reach different conclusions about designing and deploying such technologies.
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