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What you need to know about face surveillance

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Kade Crockford |

TEDxCambridgeSalon

• November 2019

Privacy isn't dead, but face surveillance technology might kill it, says civil rights advocate Kade Crockford. In an eye-opening talk, Kade outlines the startling reasons why this invasive technology -- powered by often-flawed facial recognition databases that track people without their knowledge -- poses unprecedented threats to your fundamental rights. Learn what can be done to ban government use before it's too late.

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Privacy isn't dead, but face surveillance technology might kill it, says civil rights advocate Kade Crockford. In an eye-opening talk, Kade outlines the startling reasons why this invasive technology -- powered by often-flawed facial recognition databases that track people without their knowledge -- poses unprecedented threats to your fundamental rights. Learn what can be done to ban government use before it's too late.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxCambridgeSalon, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Get involved in the fight to protect privacy and racial justice, and to stop the spread of face surveillance in our communities. Visit the ACLU of Massachusetts' Press Pause on Face Surveillance website for resources.

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Kade works to protect and expand the US's core First and Fourth Amendment rights and civil liberties in the digital 21st century.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxCambridgeSalon, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TEDx.

Get involved in the fight to protect privacy and racial justice, and to stop the spread of face surveillance in our communities. Visit the ACLU of Massachusetts' Press Pause on Face Surveillance website for resources.