Facial recognition. Body cameras. Home surveillance networks. Technology is transforming law enforcement with uneven results. Innovations that make some Americans feel safer threaten others’ privacy. Meanwhile, technology itself runs the risk of amplifying human biases that beset police. A panel of experts from the public and private sectors discuss how technology is transforming law enforcement and what it means for the future.
Featuring Carmen Best, Chief of Seattle Police Department; Luke Larson, President of Axon; and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, who represents Washington’s 7th Congressional District; Moderated by GeekWire Civic Editor Monica Nickelsburg.
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Police State FAIL. No loss of personal privacy (I own my personal data- you don’t) is worth institutional “claims” of “safety”, ethics, convenience or abdication of personal accountability. “Surveillance” Tech is not an excuse to incrementally intrude on constitutional rights and liberties. NO POSSIBLE way data won’t end up in the hands of bad actors at some point, and you can’t GUARANTEE. Nor can you guarantee the technology solution itself. Did Chinese facial recognition tech catch COVID-19? Axon? What a joke. They aren’t qualified.
PAY ATTENTION. Silicon Valley is returning to flip phones specifically to DECLINE surveillance via smart phones.