A facial recognition study, sponsored by the US military and intelligence services and conducted between 2012 and 2013, used images of more than 1,700 students without their permission, according to media reports. " The study was carried out at a private company called Palantir Technologies, which has been accused in recent months of being involved with controversial surveillance programs such as PRISM, an NSA program that collects data Boult also warned the pictures, if subsequently used by police forces, could potentially lead to misidentification.
A facial recognition study, sponsored by the US military and intelligence services and conducted between 2012 and 2013, used images of more than 1,700 students without their permission, according to media reports. The study was carried out at a private company called Palantir Technologies, which has been accused in recent months of being involved with controversial surveillance programs such as PRISM, an NSA program that collects data Boult also warned the pictures, if subsequently used by police forces, could potentially lead to misidentification.