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Hollywood gives indiscriminate live facial recognition the superhero treatment

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The cliché popularized by Spider-Man movies that “with great power comes great responsibility” clashes with the popular quote by English historian and politician Lord Acton that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” One is aspirational, one is observational. The indiscriminate use of live facial recognition in box office smash hit Spider-Man: Brand New Day raises the question of whether America’s entertainment industry is trying to use its great power to redefine responsible biometrics use for the public. Real-time facial recognition in public spaces is illegal in most places, including New York , where the movie is set, and even in private spaces LFR use is tightly regulated. The illegality of the system is noted as soon as it is introduced as a plot point. The ridiculous conceit of a high-angle, low-light image capture of a teenager returning a single, accurate and completely certain match may be beside the point. The growing list of Americans wrongfully a

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