Our Biometric Future

Facial Recognition Technology and the Culture of Surveillance

Bibliographic Data

ID19981049
AuthorsKelly A Gates, Kelly Gates (0000-0002-7848-8793, corresponding author)
Year2016
Pages263
Publication date2016-04-19
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueOur biometric future (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherNew York University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18574/nyu/9780814732090.001.0001
OpenAlexW644995244
Open LibraryOL24479336M
ISBN9780814732090
LanguageEN
Citations received112

Since the 1960s, a significant effort has been underway to program computers to “see” the human face—to develop automated systems for identifying faces and distinguishing them from one another—commonly known as Facial Recognition Technology (FRT). While computer scientists are developing FRT in order to design more intelligent and interactive machines, businesses and states agencies view the technology as uniquely suited for “smart” surveillance—systems that automate the labor of monitoring in order to increase their efficacy and spread their reach. Tracking this technological pursuit, this book identifies FRT as a prime example of the failed technocratic approach to governance, where new technologies are pursued as shortsighted solutions to complex social problems. Culling news stories, press releases, policy statements, PR kits and other materials, the book provides evidence that, instead of providing more security for more people, the pursuit of FRT is being driven by the priorities of corporations, law enforcement and state security agencies, all convinced of the technology's necessity and unhindered by its complicated and potentially destructive social consequences. By focusing on the politics of developing and deploying these technologies, the book argues not for the inevitability of a particular technological future, but for its profound contingency and contestability

Biometrics · Business · Computer security · Contingency · Corporate governance · Enforcement · Internet privacy · Law and economics · Order (exchange) · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Technocracy · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Anthropometry · Biometric identification · Ethics · Face · Facial expression · Identification · prevention & control · Security measures · Social Environment · Technology · Terrorism

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