I really don’t like the direction this country is heading in, with the OSA and now this.
Final_Freedom on
Can’t wait to see a “Pay with your face” vending machine checking my social credit
Deadliftdeadlife on
If used correctly these would be a fantastic tool in fighting crime and anti social behaviour
FlockBoySlim on
That’ll be after the very successful trial in London that saw 3,000+ people wrongly identified by police facial recognition.
The same cameras that were audited independently by researches at Cambridge who found that none of them fully met minimum ethical or legal standards?
Same scheme that saw the court of appeal in South Wales rule that “there was insufficient proof that the use of LFR did not discriminate and that the police had not done enough to verify compliance with equality and data protection laws.”
The same cameras that have shown significantly higher error rates for women’s facial features and folk with darker skin in multiple academic studies?
Fun times ahead.
Time to purchase some reflectacles.
megaweb on
We used to look at china with its use of facial recognition and government censorship of the internet and said it would never happen here, yet here we are.
JackStrawWitchita on
Just imagine how a right-wing populist government would use this technology should they get into power….
agdnan on
Yeah now everyone will be wearing balaclavas and for good reason.
That_Ad7706 on
I’m sure someone wrote a book about this kind of thing.
west0ne on
I’m sure at no point in the future will the information from ID cards ever be used in conjunction with the widespread rollout of facial recognition.
RutabagaElegant3215 on
I think those real suspects will just cover their faces? It will only work alongside with banning face coverings in public…which is another controversial topic.
Training-Play on
Basically – every single person shall be easy to throw jail. Everyone!
Appropriate_Toe7116 on
100 officers in the streets looking for a person of interest? Fine. One camera doing exactly the same thing? Outrage
Groffulon on
How are we supposed to believe face rec cameras work when every time I see any cctv footage it looks like it was filmed on a potato?
I don’t know what these awful middle managers think they’re controlling but it’s hilarious they think anything they’re doing makes any difference really when we all only live 100 years at max. Just shows how utterly devoid of connection these people are.
duxie on
I think will be fantastic. Soon we will be able to have actual no go areas when your social credit score won’t let you into the affluent areas. Israel has this with Palestinians aleady and Labour loves suckling Israel circumcised dick
somnamna2516 on
next week: Starmer to announce we will all be known by a single number and a £3bn contract with Palantir to build a fleet of high tech giant automated weather balloons that can pursue and detain dissidents.
ruffianrevolution on
Belt and Road. Now amerika is over we’re all chinese…
H_Moore25 on
Just the other day, I made a comment in response to some fellow Europeans who were confused about our resistance to mandatory digital identity cards, considering that many other countries have had them for years. One of the main reasons that I provided, other than the widespread disapproval of the recent Online Safety Act, was the rapidly increasing use of facial identification technology. The decision to roll out the technology nationwide now is either ridiculously unfortunate timing for Starmer, since it will only fan the flames of distrust in the scheme and lower his approval rating even further, or exactly what he had planned.
Euyfdvfhj on
Fantastic. I’m glad this is going ahead despite ill informed 1984 comparisons
recursant on
Wouldn’t it be easier to tattoo a QR code on everybody’s forehead? Triple function of camera recognition, digital ID, and making it easier to check if your takeaway is being delivered by an illegal worker.
It’s what the government wants, why don’t they just admit it?
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I really don’t like the direction this country is heading in, with the OSA and now this.
Can’t wait to see a “Pay with your face” vending machine checking my social credit
If used correctly these would be a fantastic tool in fighting crime and anti social behaviour
That’ll be after the very successful trial in London that saw 3,000+ people wrongly identified by police facial recognition.
The same cameras that were audited independently by researches at Cambridge who found that none of them fully met minimum ethical or legal standards?
Same scheme that saw the court of appeal in South Wales rule that “there was insufficient proof that the use of LFR did not discriminate and that the police had not done enough to verify compliance with equality and data protection laws.”
The same cameras that have shown significantly higher error rates for women’s facial features and folk with darker skin in multiple academic studies?
Fun times ahead.
Time to purchase some reflectacles.
We used to look at china with its use of facial recognition and government censorship of the internet and said it would never happen here, yet here we are.
Just imagine how a right-wing populist government would use this technology should they get into power….
Yeah now everyone will be wearing balaclavas and for good reason.
I’m sure someone wrote a book about this kind of thing.
I’m sure at no point in the future will the information from ID cards ever be used in conjunction with the widespread rollout of facial recognition.
I think those real suspects will just cover their faces? It will only work alongside with banning face coverings in public…which is another controversial topic.
Basically – every single person shall be easy to throw jail. Everyone!
100 officers in the streets looking for a person of interest? Fine. One camera doing exactly the same thing? Outrage
How are we supposed to believe face rec cameras work when every time I see any cctv footage it looks like it was filmed on a potato?
I don’t know what these awful middle managers think they’re controlling but it’s hilarious they think anything they’re doing makes any difference really when we all only live 100 years at max. Just shows how utterly devoid of connection these people are.
I think will be fantastic. Soon we will be able to have actual no go areas when your social credit score won’t let you into the affluent areas. Israel has this with Palestinians aleady and Labour loves suckling Israel circumcised dick
next week: Starmer to announce we will all be known by a single number and a £3bn contract with Palantir to build a fleet of high tech giant automated weather balloons that can pursue and detain dissidents.
Belt and Road. Now amerika is over we’re all chinese…
Just the other day, I made a comment in response to some fellow Europeans who were confused about our resistance to mandatory digital identity cards, considering that many other countries have had them for years. One of the main reasons that I provided, other than the widespread disapproval of the recent Online Safety Act, was the rapidly increasing use of facial identification technology. The decision to roll out the technology nationwide now is either ridiculously unfortunate timing for Starmer, since it will only fan the flames of distrust in the scheme and lower his approval rating even further, or exactly what he had planned.
Fantastic. I’m glad this is going ahead despite ill informed 1984 comparisons
Wouldn’t it be easier to tattoo a QR code on everybody’s forehead? Triple function of camera recognition, digital ID, and making it easier to check if your takeaway is being delivered by an illegal worker.
It’s what the government wants, why don’t they just admit it?