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London police to roll out facial recognition CCTV
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London police to roll out facial recognition CCTV
January 24, 2020 at 1:29 pm (This post was last modified: January 24, 2020 at 1:33 pm by Duty.)
Quote:The Metropolitan Police has announced it will use live facial recognition cameras operationally for the first time on London streets.

The cameras will be in use for five to six hours at a time, with bespoke lists of suspects wanted for serious and violent crimes drawn up each time.

Police say the cameras identified 70% of suspects but an independent review found much lower accuracy.

Privacy campaigners said it was a "serious threat to civil liberties".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51237665

I've got no problem with this I don't think. It's just automating one aspect of police officers' jobs (recognising wanted criminals) but in a far more efficient and cost-effective way. Would the Statue of Liberty weep if this were rolled out in the states?
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RE: London police to roll out facial recognition CCTV
January 24, 2020 at 1:51 pm
Until they make masks illegal it's just another tool for the Law.
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RE: London police to roll out facial recognition CCTV
January 24, 2020 at 1:53 pm
Yeah I was just thinking along those lines - Niqab wearing criminals would also presumably have nothing to fear from this.
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RE: London police to roll out facial recognition CCTV
January 24, 2020 at 2:02 pm
(January 24, 2020 at 1:53 pm)Editz Wrote: Yeah I was just thinking along those lines - Niqab wearing criminals would also presumably have nothing to fear from this.

How do we know that's a woman under there?
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RE: London police to roll out facial recognition CCTV
January 24, 2020 at 2:05 pm (This post was last modified: January 24, 2020 at 2:07 pm by Duty.)
Shoulder width  Hmph Think
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RE: London police to roll out facial recognition CCTV
January 24, 2020 at 2:09 pm
A little surprised they haven't done it before.
Essentially it's the same as ANPR though faces might have more similarities.
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RE: London police to roll out facial recognition CCTV
January 24, 2020 at 2:38 pm
Fuck that, authoritarianism bad, thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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RE: London police to roll out facial recognition CCTV
January 24, 2020 at 2:49 pm
I’ve really got no serious objection to it, other than facial recognition tech isn’t foolproof.

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RE: London police to roll out facial recognition CCTV
January 24, 2020 at 2:56 pm
(January 24, 2020 at 2:38 pm)Aegon Wrote: Fuck that, authoritarianism bad, thanks for coming to my TED talk.

Okay, we go with chaos. No fuckin' middle ground for us!
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RE: London police to roll out facial recognition CCTV
January 24, 2020 at 4:23 pm
My identical twin need to go into hiding.
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