The New York Times reports the tech has mistakenly identified people as connected to Hamas.

Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent, The New York Times reports. The program, which was created after the October 7th attacks, uses technology from Google Photos as well as a custom tool built by the Tel Aviv-based company Corsight to identify people affiliated with Hamas.

  • i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.worldEnglish
    310·
    8 months ago

    i don’t think it’s for that purpose , it’s to identify where terrorists are hiding and not label anyone of terrorism

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      9·
      8 months ago

      How cute. Is this the first time you’ve seen a government use terrorism to excuse atrocities?

      Sure, I guess you could trust them, but I see no reason to. Do you think this will just stop being used after the conflict? Do you think they aren’t using it to target families/friends of people who resist them? Do you think any form of resistance is terrorism? Is Israel using force to induce fear and submission not terrorism?

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      8 months ago

      It labeled many people falsely as terrorists and was a waste of time. That’s why it got leaked to begin with.