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UK’s first use of city-wide facial recognition in Cardiff (bigbrotherwatch.org.uk)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26403103

Embedding facial recognition surveillance in a city-wide CCTV network represents a shocking expansion of police surveillance, and turns Cardiff into an Orwellian zone of biometric surveillance. This unprecedented use of the technology could pave the way for the mass rollout of permanent facial recognition surveillance across the UK. Live facial recognition technology turns us into walking barcodes and makes us a nation of suspects. This network of facial recognition cameras will make it impossible for Cardiff residents and visitors to opt-out of a biometric police identity check.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I swear I remember reading that they've already been using facial recognition in some places before.

Stories of being arrested for a false positive soon to follow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Being put in jail for Facebook comments, ban on encryption, and now this. Are we turning into China?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Don’t forget the (relatively) new protest laws

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

That, too. All while criticising them for Hong Kong