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    San Francisco Wants to Ban Government Face Recognition

    Is it too late, too difficult, or too ironic to try to stop it from becoming a city of surveillance?
    by Sidney Fussell Feb 05, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: VALERY HACHE / AFP / Getty

    A San Francisco lawmaker is proposing what would be a nationwide first: a complete moratorium on local government use of facial-recognition technology. Introduced by San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin, the Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance would ban all city departments from using facial-recognition technology and require board approval before departments purchase new surveillance devices. The bill regulates only local use, not use by private companies: The face-unlock feature included on the latest iPhone model, for

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