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So Paulo Metro Plans to Use Face Recognition Technology
Company says its seeking safety but specialists say that the cost to freedom must be considered
Jul.17.2019 1:41PM
Fabrício Lobel
SÃO PAULO
The São Paulo Metro, under the management of São Paulo governor João Doria (PSDB), plans to contract a new monitoring system that will include cameras with facial recognition capability.
The use of this technology, still new in Brazil, will expand significantly when applied to the busiest subway network in the southern hemisphere, with about 3 million passengers circulating daily on the three main lines of the São Paulo Metro.
According to Rafael Zanatta, a researcher at the Latin American Network of Surveillance, Technology and Society Studies, the need to hire a face identification system must be very well justified given the risk of loss of freedom.
"The social costs and freedom of this hiring must be clear. We have to know whether or not there is a security crisis in the subway, if it is worth hiring,” he said.
More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/saopaulo/2019/07/sao-paulo-metro-plans-to-use-face-recognition-technology.shtml