Could face and voice recognition become the new 'phrenology'?

"There is research, for example, by an Israeli company on Alzheimer's disease, [asking] can you tell whether a person is developing Alzheimer's disease before it's really evident through the way that person speaks?". "It's impossible to disentangle things like facial recognition, as a sort of example of innovation in science and technology, from the history of 'sciences' like phrenology and physiognomy, which have been used to classify humans as criminal in many cases, or as having criminal qualities," she told Young. "Your face, for example, shows your ethnicity, [and] some people think that you can guess your first name based on your face, there's been studies attempting to show that your face can show your sexual orientation." Stevens is particularly concerned by the law enforcement's potential use of facial recognition as a way of identifying potential criminals. "And while some organizations in Europe have filed complaints against Clearview AI, Canada's data protection laws are lagging behind, she said."So right now, all that's happened in Canada with respect to Clearview AI is they've been slapped on the wrist. There's a statement that's been released, but there isn't really sort of enforceable privacy legislation in Canada. "I really want to encourage people in Canada to care about how law enforcement uses their facial information. And I want there to be more sort of agitation and movement against the use of this technology. In the US, there have been so many interest groups, particularly centred on race that have cared about this issue. And in Canada, we absolutely need more work building on what's already been done."