
“FBI Director James Comey insisted during a House Judiciary Committee Hearing Wednesday that his agency doesn’t — and will not — use the government’s sophisticated facial recognition technology to keep tabs on innocent civilians. But earlier this year, a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the EFF revealed that the FBI plans to database more than 52 million pictures in its Next Generation Identification facial recognition program by next year. Pressed by Representative Zoe Lofgren, a Democrat who represents a district squarely situated in California’s Silicon Valley, Comey added that some non-criminals might be included if they apply for certain jobs or licenses.”
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