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fromStop Facial Recognition - Big Brother Watch
8 hours agoStop Facial Recognition - Big Brother Watch
Live facial recognition creates sensitive biometric faceprints and has no place in British policing.
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fromTheregister
3 days agoLondon cops face court over live facial recognition creep
I was misidentified by a live facial recognition system while coming home from a community patrol in Croydon. Police officers told me I was a wanted man and demanded my fingerprints even though I'd done nothing wrong. What happened to me was shocking and unfair.
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fromComputerWeekly.com
4 days agoLandmark legal challenge against police facial recognition begins | Computer Weekly
A judicial review against the Metropolitan Police's use of live facial recognition (LFR) will argue the force is unlawfully deploying the technology across London, without effective safeguards or constraints in place to protect people's human rights from invasive biometric surveillance.
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fromComputerWeekly.com
1 month agoHow police live facial recognition subtly reconfigures suspicion | Computer Weekly
Live facial recognition reshapes police suspicion and undermines human-in-the-loop safeguards by making officers intermediaries acting on algorithmic suggestions, normalizing automated surveillance.
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fromComputerWeekly.com
3 months agoPolice facial recognition trials show little evidence of benefits | Computer Weekly
Live facial recognition trials by UK and European police occur with insufficient oversight, safeguards, and assessment of socio-technical impacts and operational benefits.
fromwww.bbc.com
4 months agoMet chief: Why we didn't use LFR at Robinson rally
Sir Mark Rowley said that LFR hadn't yet been used at any protest, including at Saturday's Unite The Kingdom march in London organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, "because of what may be sensed about it having a chilling effect". He said: "The last protest from the same organisers as this one didn't have any trouble of any significance so the suggestion that every protest organised by these organisers has trouble is not actually accurate."
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5 months agoExpert rejects Met police claim that study backs bias-free live facial recognition use
Metropolitan Police deployment of live facial recognition is challenged by NPL test results showing bias and false positives disproportionately affecting ethnic minorities.
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