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.

  • Texas_Hangover@lemm.eeEnglish
    141·
    7 months ago

    What if they decide you’re a terrorist? Governments should not have this power period. Anybody can become an “enemy of the state” at any time.

    • N_Crow@leminal.spaceEnglish
      81·
      7 months ago

      What if I tell you the instant you make a successful protest. Leak information of crimes commited by the government, or threaten some industry interests they’ll do that anyways.

      They are still hunting down a couple of guy’s whose only crimes was to denounce crimes the government did. They call those “whissle blowers”.

    • i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.worldEnglish
      311·
      7 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
        10·
        7 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
        61·
        7 months ago

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