Podcast: In Machines We Trust - When the Camera Turns on Police @technologyreview
Podcast: In Machines We Trust - When the Camera Turns on Police  @technologyreview
Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Moves have been made to restrict the use of facial recognition across the globe. In part one of this series on face ID, Jennifer Strong and the team at MIT Technology Review explore the unexpected ways the technology is being used, including how the technology is being turned on police.

We meet:
Christopher Howell, data scientist and protester.

Credits: This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Tate Ryan-Mosley and Emma Cillekens, and Karen Hao. We’re edited by Michael Reilly and Gideon Lichfield.
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Podcast: In Machines We Trust - When the Camera Turns on Police

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