--- title: Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition... description: Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent. The program... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/israel-quietly-rolled-out-a-mass-facial-recognition-program-in-the-gaza-strip-2kfitcffq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip | daily.dev og:description: Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent. The program... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/israel-quietly-rolled-out-a-mass-facial-recognition-program-in-the-gaza-strip-2kfitcffq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2KFItcffQ.png og:image:alt: Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip **[The Verge](https://daily.dev/sources/theverge)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent. The program uses technology from Google Photos and a custom tool built by Corsight to identify people affiliated with Hamas. Corsight's technology has been questioned for its accuracy. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#facial-recognition](https://daily.dev/tags/facial-recognition) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/israel-quietly-rolled-out-a-mass-facial-recognition-program-in-the-gaza-strip-2kfitcffq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/israel-quietly-rolled-out-a-mass-facial-recognition-program-in-the-gaza-strip-2kfitcffq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/israel-quietly-rolled-out-a-mass-facial-recognition-program-in-the-gaza-strip-2kfitcffq"},"datePublished":"2024-03-27T23:12:00.705Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z","description":"Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent. The program...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/33e6d1e7695b9b88e2bae89a579a9faa?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/33e6d1e7695b9b88e2bae89a579a9faa?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Verge","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Verge","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/eacb57b3570d4f04b1f0dc8f834d8135","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theverge"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/israel-quietly-rolled-out-a-mass-facial-recognition-program-in-the-gaza-strip-2kfitcffq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"facial-recognition","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Verge","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theverge"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip"}]} ```