Facial recognition technology poses significant risks in surveillance and privacy violations. In Russia, authorities exploited this technology to identify individuals attending a dissident's funeral, demonstrating its potential for state control and oppression. An app named FindFace can recognize a high percentage of individuals in urban settings, highlighting the ease of mass monitoring. China exemplifies a more advanced and alarming use, integrating facial recognition into everyday transactions and airport checks, with targeted applications against specific demographics, such as the oppressed Uyghur population. Furthermore, biases in facial recognition software lead to wrongful detentions, as seen in a case in Michigan, underscoring the dangers of inadequate training data and the ethical implications of deploying such technologies without oversight.