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Axon has filed patents for technology that could guess a person’s race and age
The maker of Taser stun guns has filed three patents for software with facial recognition capabilities, despite repeatedly claiming not to be working on the controversial technology. Axon, which provides equipment and software to law enforcement agencies, has invented video analysis tools that recognise and blur out sensitive information in police footage, such as officers’ faces, and can identify and match individuals to police databases. According to the US patents, two of which are still pending approval, Axon’s technology could guess a person’s race and age as it measures features including “nose length” and “spacing from cheeks to chin”.
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