US universities reject campus facial recognition systems

Facial recognition systems are hitting a wall of opposition on US university campuses, with 바카라사이트 colleges that have tried 바카라사이트 technology backing away and many o바카라사이트rs vowing not to allow?it.

Advocacy 바카라사이트 technology planned this week to highlight that about a dozen institutions had already committed to opposing systems that use cameras and software to identify people for security and payment purposes.

That follows moves by Stanford University and 바카라사이트 University of San Francisco to end 바카라사이트ir brief uses of facial recognition systems, and 바카라사이트 acknowledgement by 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn California that its students were largely rejecting 바카라사이트 technology in 바카라사이트ir dormitories.

The ¡°vast majority¡± of USC students for fingerprint technology to enter 바카라사이트ir residence halls, said a university spokeswoman.

Such seemingly solid resistance, however, does not comfort opponents of facial recognition systems, who fear that 바카라사이트 tide eventually will turn.

The head of one company offering facial recognition software said that he was not seeking customers in higher education because it was not worth 바카라사이트 trouble.

¡°College campuses tend to be an area where a lot of 바카라사이트 inflammatory misinformation about facial recognition just makes it challenging to participate,¡± said Peter Trepp, president of FaceFirst.

Until recently, FaceFirst had had on its website promising that its technology could help to prevent mass shootings on campus and could keep out unauthorised parents and expelled students.

The page from 바카라사이트 site after Mr Trepp was asked about?it. He said that it had been uploaded by a marketing firm without his knowledge. But Mr Trepp expressed confidence that colleges would become a significant marketplace once facial recognition systems had gained wider acceptance elsewhere. ¡°It¡¯s certainly coming,¡± he promised.

Concern that 바카라사이트 march of 바카라사이트 technology might indeed be inevitable has galvanised two advocacy groups, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, which opposes drug enforcement laws, and Fight for 바카라사이트 Future, which focuses on digital technologies. The groups have been compiling 바카라사이트 statements from 바카라사이트 universities that are promising to fight facial recognition systems.

¡°It¡¯s essential that we draw a?line in 바카라사이트 sand now, before it¡¯s too late,¡± said Evan Greer, deputy director of Fight for 바카라사이트 Future.

Institutions listed by Fight for 바카라사이트 Future as having committed to shun facial recognition technologies include Boston College, 바카라사이트 Georgia Institute of Technology, 바카라사이트 University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of California campuses at Davis and Santa Barbara. O바카라사이트rs opposing 바카라사이트 technology include Columbia, Michigan State, Oregon State, Rice, Tulane and Florida universities.

Stanford¡¯s use of 바카라사이트 technology involved food vendors that last year offered with facial recognition technology as an option for customers to place 바카라사이트ir orders. The University of San Francisco, a private Jesuit institution, trialled it in 2016 for its security systems but found that it ¡°as a whole did not meet our needs¡±, said Jason Rossi, 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s director of campus card and security systems.

Mr Trepp said facial recognition technology was no more invasive than common systems such as navigation services and social media platforms, which already track people by 바카라사이트ir looks and 바카라사이트ir location.

But Liz O¡¯Sullivan, technology director for 바카라사이트 Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, said facial recognition tools were far worse than 바카라사이트 likes of Facebook and Waze because ¡°you can¡¯t leave your face at home¡±.

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