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  "path": "/archives/2025-nov-feb.html#11_February_2026_(Facial_recognition_used_to_accuse_person_of_shoplifting)",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-12T10:39:20.000Z",
  "site": "https://stallman.org",
  "tags": [
    "accused the wrong person"
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  "textContent": "A British supermarket accused a customer of shoplifting based on a reported face recognition match — in fact, it had accused the wrong person — and then demanded he run nonfree software to clear his name.\n\nThat was successful, since the database had no record of _his_ face. But if that error had happened to me, since I would not run that nonfree software, I think would have not been able to clear my name.",
  "title": "Facial recognition used to accuse person of shoplifting"
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