Federal agencies need stricter limits on facial recognition to protect privacy, says government watchdog

Twenty agencies — including departments not generally associated with law enforcement, such as the U.S. Postal Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service and NASA — have used the tech, according to the Government Accountability Office. Some agencies have used their own databases, but most have used private companies such as Clearview AI and Amazon, which offers a tool called Rekognition. Many agencies could not say for sure which systems they have used. (Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.)