Our Biometric Future : Facial Recognition Technology and the Culture of Surveillance / Kelly A. Gates.
2011
TK7882.B56 G38 2016
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Title
Our Biometric Future : Facial Recognition Technology and the Culture of Surveillance / Kelly A. Gates.
Author
Gates, Kelly A., author.
ISBN
9780814733035
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814732090.001.0001 doi
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TK7882.B56 G38 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.232
Summary
Since the 1960s, a significant effort has been underway to program computers to "see" the human face-to develop automated systems for identifying faces and distinguishing them from one another-commonly known as Facial Recognition Technology. While computer scientists are developing FRT in order to design more intelligent and interactive machines, businesses and states agencies view the technology as uniquely suited for "smart" surveillance-systems that automate the labor of monitoring in order to increase their efficacy and spread their reach.Tracking this technological pursuit, Our Biometric Future identifies FRT as a prime example of the failed technocratic approach to governance, where new technologies are pursued as shortsighted solutions to complex social problems. Culling news stories, press releases, policy statements, PR kits and other materials, Kelly Gates provides evidence that, instead of providing more security for more people, the pursuit of FRT is being driven by the priorities of corporations, law enforcement and state security agencies, all convinced of the technology's necessity and unhindered by its complicated and potentially destructive social consequences. By focusing on the politics of developing and deploying these technologies, Our Biometric Future argues not for the inevitability of a particular technological future, but for its profound contingency and contestability.
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Critical Cultural Communication ; ; 2
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Facial Recognition Technology from the Lab to the Marketplace
2. Police Power and the Smart CCTV Experiment
3. Finding the Face of Terror in Data
4. Inventing the Security-Conscious, Tech-Savvy Citizen
5. Automated Facial Expression Analysis and the Mobilization of Affect
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Facial Recognition Technology from the Lab to the Marketplace
2. Police Power and the Smart CCTV Experiment
3. Finding the Face of Terror in Data
4. Inventing the Security-Conscious, Tech-Savvy Citizen
5. Automated Facial Expression Analysis and the Mobilization of Affect
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author