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Technology,
Criminal

Nov. 21, 2024

'Tis the season for facial recognition technology in retail stores

AI facial recognition technology seeks to stamp out retail theft but may falsely accuse shoppers.

Anita Taff-Rice

Founder, iCommLaw

Technology and telecommunications

1547 Palos Verdes Mall # 298
Walnut Creek , CA 94597-2228

Phone: (415) 699-7885

Email: anita@icommlaw.com

iCommLaw(r) is a Bay Area firm specializing in technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity matters.

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Mistaken identity was a frequent device Shakespeare used to hilarious effect in his plays. One of the most prominent was The Comedy of Errors in which two sets of identical twins spending a day in the city of Ephesus are involved in a series of mishaps of mistaken identity with siblings, significant others, and strangers.

Four hundred years later facial recognition technology, rather than Shakespeare's pen, is causing decidedly unfunny instances ...

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