CYBER

How Russia Uses Facial Recognition to Stop Protestors

Facial recognition systems are here. They’ve been deployed extensively along America’s southern border and in its cities. Authoritarian regimes in Iran and Russia are using the technology to crack down on dissidents and what’s going on in Moscow right now paints a horrifying picture of how dangerous the tech has become. On this episode of Cyber, Lena Masri is here to talk about it. She’s the author of a new report at Reuters about how Putin uses facial recognition to curb dissent. Stories discussed in this episode: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-russia-detentions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facial recognition is helping Putin curb dissent with the aid of U.S. tech</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/88xa4x/us-hardware-is-fueling-russias-facial-recognition-crackdown-on-anti-war-dissidents" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">U.S. Hardware Is Fueling Russia's Facial Recognition Crackdown on Anti-War Dissidents</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/3adxak/nypd-child-services-ai-facial-recognition" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AI Use by Cops, Child Services In NYC Is a Mess: Report</a> We’re recording CYBER live on<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitch</a> and<a href="https://www.youtube.com/motherboard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> YouTube</a>. Watch live during the week.<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Follow us</a> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.  Subscribe to<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</a> or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Matthew Gault talks every week to Motherboard reporters about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.