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A school used facial recognition tech for cafeteria payments | An internet law expert says it's rarely worth the risk.
A UK school broke the law by using facial recognition technology in its cafeteria without assessing the risks to the children's data.
"We've taken action against this school to show introducing measures such as FRT should not be taken lightly, particularly when it involves children," she added. "Schools should be places of openness and trust," she added, outlining that turning them into "the panopticon" with these technologies could be at odds with this aim. She said one of the real problems with this tech is that, unlike having to pick a new password if an online account is breached, your facial markers analyzed by this tool are very difficult to change.
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