Russia’s capital now has one of the largest facial recognition systems in the world and it is using it to police its quarantine restrictions imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
-- he said he stepped out of his building and threw out his trash. Then he went back inside.
“Honestly, I always thought it was something to do with our intercom,” Bykovsky said of the camera. “But it turns out it’s connected to the surveillance system that’s working across the whole of Moscow.” It's an example of how countries like Russia and China have turned to authoritarian technologies to fight their epidemics. In Moscow, authorities also appear to view it as an opportunity to showcase their surveillance capabilities. And while some experts question how effective the facial recognition system is yet in reality, civil rights advocates worry how the system and its capabilities for pursuing political enemies will outlast the health crisis.
Kukharenko said the system can complete a search in under 10 seconds and that it largely works even when people are wearing face masks by identifying them by their eye line.
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