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No, NYC Subway Isn’t Using ‘Real-Time Face Recognition’

Ubergizmo - Sun 21 Apr 19

New York Times analyst Alice Fung tweeted a photo recently which shows a rather large monitor with the words “Please Pay Your Fare” and the warning “RECORDING IN PROGRESS” ...

NYC Swears Its Face-Scanning Tech Is Fake and Only Meant to Scare People Out of Doing Crimes

Gizmodo - Fri 19 Apr 19

It’s a tale of two cities.Read more...

NYC subway denies using ‘real-time face recognition screens’ in Times Square

The Verge - Fri 19 Apr 19

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has denied suggestions that it’s putting facial recognition cameras in the subway, saying that a trick designed to scare fare-dodgers ...