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.
Facial Recognition is not ready for this level of use unless you’re just looking to create chaos, lock up innocent people, and generally create more enemies. But then they currently have a torture and release program so they’re familiar with that already.