• eleijeep@piefed.social
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    3 months ago

    The false positives are going to be tremendously dangerous to the falsely accused, as there is no way to either prove or disprove the charge. It’s just a case of “computer says you’re 99% likely to be the same person.”

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      3 months ago

      In a sane world, the computer’s calculation would be used to guide a real investigation, which would find real evidence. The statistics wouldn’t be used as proof of anything.

  • lexiw@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    None of what this does is new, the issue is that’s being commodified: in a short amount of time these techniques will be available to non experts in the field.