Thursday, 3 October 2019

Google's temps told to find homeless and people with darker skin for Face unlock data

Back in July, Google released a video confirming that the new Pixel 4 series will be equipped with a more secure Face unlock feature. About a week before that video was disseminated, word got out about a project that the company had embarked on that related to a facial recognition system. To test and improve this more advanced Face unlock, Google visited major cities with a heavily disguised Pixel 4 handset; in exchange for a $5 Amazon or Starbucks gift card, contractors collected selfies of random people. But this seemingly innocuous program actually had a racial undertone to it according ...

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