Technology and Privacy Writer

Dan King

1 article 2018

Dan King contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2018, writing about the intersection of technology, surveillance, and civil liberties. His article examined concerns around Amazon's facial recognition technology being used by law enforcement.

Amazon + Facial Recognition + Police = What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

May 24, 2018 · technology, Amazon, Police

In a move that will surprise no one who reads science-fiction, Amazon is now selling a facial recognition tool, called Rekognition, to local police departments, marketing it as a “low cost” way to track persons of interest. According to the company, this tool recognizes “tens of millions of faces”…