The Scary Truth About Facial Recognition Tech

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 14, 2017

On Wednesday, Apple unveiled their new products and features, including the iPhone X, which comes with face ID technology. Clare Garvie, associate with the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law and co-author of The Perpetual Line-Up: Unregulated Police Face Recognition in America, discusses Apple’s new facial recognition technology, which raises questions about constitutional protections for personal devices. 

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