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HP face recognition doesn't do negroes

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Aloone_Jonez:
HP aren't racist.

The software just needs the face to have enough illumination. Obviously someone with darker the skin will reflect less light and will need better illumination.

http://consumerist.com/2009/12/consumer-reports-tests-racist-hp-webcam.html

Calum:
so black people are actually being racist by having darker faces than whites?

right on.

No, actually i stand by my statement that HP's product is racist*. If they had tested this with a range of different people, not just whites, then they could have uncovered this embarrasing issue before releasing the product.

Just because they're not trying to be racist specifically, doesn't mean the damage hasn't been done.


by the way,

--- Quote from: consumerist.com ---The solution: the webcam needs foreground light to function, and the more pigment in your skin, the closer you seem to have to sit.
--- End quote ---
that's not a solution, that's just a description of the stupid fact that black people are going to have a much harder time getting this to work than white people, which is actually racist.

Aloone_Jonez:
How do you know that they haven't tested it with black people?

It could be the lighting conditions that they've neglected.

worker201:
If they're not testing in different lighting conditions, then their failure is complete.  A computer that only works under certain lighting conditions is a boat anchor, not a business machine.

Aloone_Jonez:
I agree.

I'm not defending their shoddy product development, just that the accusation that they're racist is unfounded.

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