Face recognition fearmongering is in full swing, with at least a small contingent of Americans breathlessly warning that its use by law enforcement is going to portend the end of privacy as we know it.
Slow down. This technology is a great advance over the way we used to identify suspects, eyewitness memory. It promises to identify the guilty with greater accuracy and exonerate the innocent. And though we should guard against private-sector abuses, we should welcome its responsible use by police and prosecutors.
