The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others.

After Oct. 7, Israeli intelligence officers in Unit 8200 turned to that surveillance for information on the Hamas gunmen who breached Israel’s borders. The unit also combed through footage of the attacks from security cameras, as well as videos uploaded by Hamas on social media, one officer said. He said the unit had been told to create a “hit list” of Hamas members who participated in the attack.

Corsight was then brought in to create a facial recognition program in Gaza, three Israeli intelligence officers said.

  • @ghostdoggtv
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    229 months ago

    They’re gonna start murdering false positives abroad and what the fuck is the west gonna do about it

      • @Zehzin
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        Why bother? They already kill people openly with no repercussions.

    • @LinkerbaanOP
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      Three of the people with knowledge of the program said they were speaking out because of concerns that it was a misuse of time and resources by Israel.

      When the military tried identifying the bodies of Israelis killed on Oct. 7, the technology could not always work for people whose faces had been injured. There were also false positives, or cases when a person was mistakenly identified as being connected to Hamas, the officer said.

      Probably diagnoses a Hamas positive on every adult male

      • @dumpsterlid
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        39 months ago

        Wait… what happens if you use the Hamas recognition software on Netanyahu…….?

        • @LinkerbaanOP
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          09 months ago

          If he had Palestinian roots he’d be Hamas. But Netanyahu is a white dude from Poland…