Hollywood gives indiscriminate live facial recognition the superhero treatment

Real-time facial recognition in public spaces is illegal in most places, including New York, where the movie is set, and even in private spaces LFR use is tightly regulated.

Particularly given the response of Spider-Man’s police contact to his facial recognition use: “I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that.”

And the response of the law enforcement authorities using facial recognition on the Delhi protestors?

In the U.S., court records allege ICE officers used live facial recognition to identify people observing immigration enforcement interactions, and in at least one case revoke travel credentials.

Spider-Man, on the other hand, realizes that he has been tricked about who the “bad guy” is in the scenario in which he has illegally deployed live facial recognition in public.