Facial Recognition: Security Versus Privacy

Professor Jeffrey Rosen joined John Hockenberry, host of Public Radio International and WNYC Radio’s The Takeaway, to discuss the legal implications of facial recognition technology in law enforcement. Ohio and 26 other states have been using the technology for months to associate personal information with images by matching driver’s license photos and surveillance footage. Professor Rosen questions whether the government needs to have a reason to suspect someone before identification and if our actions should be followed at all, with or without suspicion.