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Sentiment Mapping Litigation - 8 octobre 2020
S.T.O.P. and our co-counsel are pursuing litigation under New York’s Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL") to compel the NYPD to produce documents requested about their use of the “Sentiment Meter,” Orwellian technology developed with private surveillance vendor Elucd that tracks, block by block, what New Yorkers think (...)
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EU companies selling surveillance tools to China’s human rights abusers - 3 octobre 2020
European tech companies risk fuelling widespread human rights abuses by selling digital surveillance technology to China’s public security agencies, a new Amnesty International investigation reveals. The findings are published ahead of a crucial meeting in Brussels on 22 September where the European Parliament and (...)
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We need to rethink social media before it’s too late. We’ve accepted a Faustian bargain - 27 septembre 2020
A business model that alters the way we think, act, and live our lives has us heading toward dystopia
When people envision technology overtaking society, many think of The Terminator and bulletproof robots. Or Big Brother in George Orwell’s 1984, a symbol of external, omnipotent oppression.
But in all likelihood, (...)
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‘Aggression Detection’ Is Coming to Facial Recognition Cameras Around the World - 25 septembre 2020
Russian firm NTech Lab plans to roll emotional detection features worldwide as soon as 2021
NTech Lab, makers of Russia’s expansive real-time facial recognition surveillance system, is set to roll out “aggression detection” as well as “violence detection” features, which will flag law enforcement when the algorithm (...)
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Quand l’Europe aide la Chine pour surveiller massivement ses concitoyens - 23 septembre 2020
Amnesty International publie un rapport qui montre que plusieurs entreprises européennes fournissent à Pékin des technologies de reconnaissance faciale. L’ONG pointe une faille majeure : aucun garde-fou européen ne limite l’exportation de ce type de technologies.
On connaissait déjà la propension de la Chine à exporter (...)
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Out of Control : Failing EU Laws for Digital Surveillance Export - 21 septembre 2020
This report gives evidence of the gaps in the current European Union (EU) export regulation framework for digital surveillance technologies and provides the EU institutions and its member states with actionable recommendations to improve the protections of human rights in the upcoming Recast Dual Use Regulation. (...)
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Emotional Expressions Reconsidered : Challenges to Inferring Emotion From Human Facial Movements - 13 septembre 2020
Faces offer information that helps us navigate our social world, influencing whom we love, trust, help, and even judge as guilty of a crime. But to what extent does an individual’s face reveal the person’s emotions ? And to what extent can we accurately interpret an emotion or intention from a raised eyebrow, a (...)
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Nice - 7 septembre 2020
Projet « Safe City »
À Nice, dans le cadre du « Projet d’expérimentation Safe City » voté par la Ville en juin, Thales et le consortium qu’il dirige veulent aller plus loin, en créant le « Waze de la sécurité » à la mode Big Data. Pour aider les « décideurs », il s’agit de « collecter le maximum de données existantes et d’en (...)
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Reconnaissance faciale : officiellement interdite, elle se met peu à peu en place - 4 septembre 2020
Nice, Metz, Marseille... Toutes ces villes tentent d’expérimenter des dispositifs qui s’apparentent à de la reconnaissance faciale, toujours interdite en France. La Cnil veille au grain, mais n’exclut pas de rendre un avis favorable pour les Jeux olympiques de Paris en 2024.
Imaginez : le 26 juillet 2024. Les Jeux (...)
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Avec son bracelet Halo, Amazon veut mesurer nos émotions - 31 août 2020
Le géant américain lance, aux Etats-Unis d’abord, un accessoire capable, selon ses dires, d’analyser la voix, mais aussi la graisse via des photos de l’utilisateur. De quoi soulever de nombreuses questions
De cette image se dégagent tranquillité et sérénité. Un smartphone blanc, posé sur une table en bois, avec juste à (...)
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Fitbit Unveils New Stress Detecting Features as Google Awaits Acquisition - 26 août 2020
‘Biometric data & computing power are key to hacking humans’
If successful in acquiring Fitbit, Google may soon know even more intimate details about your emotional states as Fitbit today launches its new generation of health smartwatches that can measure your stress levels and a whole lot more.
“To hack (...)
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British police to trial facial recognition system that detects your mood - 22 août 2020
The system can also spot people wearing hats or glasses
A British police force is set to trial a facial recognition system that infers people’s moods by analyzing CCTV footage.
Lincolnshire Police will be able to use the system to search the film for certain moods and facial expressions, the London Times reports. (...)
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Surveillance : à Nice, chez les accros de la cam - 6 août 2020
Depuis 2010, le centre de supervision urbain créé par Estrosi scrute les rues jour et nuit, avec des méthodes aux frontières de la légalité. Ce laboratoire sécuritaire a été plébiscité samedi dernier par Jean Castex.
Le mur d’écrans a été posé contre les fenêtres, si bien qu’il est impossible d’apercevoir le monde extérieur de (...)
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Facial recognition on trial : emotion and gender “detection” under scrutiny in a court case in Brazil - 3 juillet 2020
We are seeing AI-powered facial recognition systems deployed in increasingly sensitive environments around the world, and often without people’s knowledge or consent. It is critical to ensure these systems do not facilitate human rights violations, in particular of people and communities who are already at risk. (...)
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Emotion Analytics Used in AI Recruitment Tools Are Not Only Unethical But Incorrect - 30 juin 2020
Research from psychologists, as well as concerns from AI experts and privacy groups, indicate that emotion analytics do not produce accurate or reliable results.
A candidate is preparing for a job interview via video. They place themselves in front of the camera, try to stay engaged, and smile throughout the (...)
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Facial Recognition Is The New Polygraph Test For Insurers - 27 juin 2020
Insurance companies in Asia are beginning to use facial recognition to record client interviews, so they can spot when customers are lying.
Beyond the obvious positive consequence of a reduction in fraud, who will actually benefit and is there potential for over-reach ?
Chinese insurer, Ping An Insurance, is (...)
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Emotion, Gender Prediction Tech Should Be Banned from Brazil’s Metro : NGO Testifies - 26 juin 2020
Access Now, a non-profit that defends the digital rights of citizens around the world, presents an expert opinion in a lawsuit against São Paulo metro operator ViaQuatro and its use of facial categorization software to predict the age, gender and emotional state of passengers for advertisement purposes.
ViaQuatro (...)
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Interpretation as luxury : Heart patients living with data doubt, hope, and anxiety - Stine Lomborg, Henriette Langstrup, Tariq Osman Andersen, 2020 - 19 juin 2020
Personal health technologies such as apps and wearables that generate health and behavior data close to the individual patient are envisioned to enable personalized healthcare - and self-care. And yet, they are consumer devices. Proponents of these devices presuppose that measuring will be helpful, and that data (...)
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Football was slow to embrace data. Now AI is eating the beautiful game - 17 juin 2020
Acronis is storing the data of the best and brightest of European football. Now, it wants to use that to help them win games
Acronis has convinced Europe’s most prestigious football clubs to trust it with their data – now, it plans to use that information to help them win more games. Founded by Serguei Beloussov, a (...)
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Two-I - 9 juin 2020
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Two-I est une entreprise française, basée à Metz, et fondée par des anciens traders de Londres. [1]
Elle propose plusieurs services de vidéosurveillance automatisée, allant de l’ « analyse d’émotions » (afin, selon elle, de « faciliter la gestion de foules », que ce soit dans les stades, dans l’espace public (...)
