Algoritmos de reconocimiento facial entre repartidores en Españavigilancia y complicidad con las prácticas de subarriendo y uso compartido de cuentas personales

  1. Casas-Cortés, Maribel 1
  2. Moya Santander, Laura 1
  3. Piñeiro Aguiar, Eleder 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Zaragoza
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    Universidad de Zaragoza

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/012a91z28

  2. 2 Universidade da Coruña
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    Universidade da Coruña

    La Coruña, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01qckj285

Journal:
Disparidades. Revista de Antropología

ISSN: 2659-6881

Year of publication: 2023

Volume: 78

Issue: 1

Type: Article

DOI: 10.3989/DRA.2023.001C DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Research about algorithmic management in the food home delivery sector has mainly focused on the assignment of orders, and how such automated decisions affects labor conditions. However, food delivery companies have also implemented algorithmic calculations with other goals, mainly to deal with the so-called «black market of delivery accounts». Facial recognition systems have been put in place in order to target «identity fraud», searching for those riders working under applications not of their own. This paper, based on a multi-situated ethnography in different Spanish cities, deals with the growing phenomenon of subleasing and sharing personal accounts, a generalized practice among migrant riders with diverse administrative situations. Concretely, we engage the context of emergence, inner workings, and network effects of the facial recognition systems implemented by two key companies, Glovo and Uber Eats. This preliminary analysis reflects upon the paradoxical development of the efficient algorithmic system of biometric identification within the food delivery sector in Spain.

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