General Intelligence

Live Facial Recognition Is Spreading Around the World

The surveillance technology can already be found in Argentina, India, and soon the United States

Dave Gershgorn
OneZero
Published in
3 min readMar 6, 2020

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HHere’s how live facial recognition generally works: As a camera records video, an algorithm scans each frame to find faces. If a face is detected, it’s…

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Dave Gershgorn
OneZero

Senior Writer at OneZero covering surveillance, facial recognition, DIY tech, and artificial intelligence. Previously: Qz, PopSci, and NYTimes.