Brazil fervently embraces facial recognition amid controversy over errors

In addition to the fear of being unfairly singled out, public humiliation. The stadium was packed, with 10,000 fans enjoying, two Sundays ago, the final of a state soccer championship in Brazil. The military police took advantage of the game's intermission to approach a 23-year-old Confiança fan, João Antônio Trindade Bastos. Right there, in the sight of the crowd, several agents wearing helmets and reflective vests surrounded him, asked him to …