UK Home Secretary doubles down on cops' deeply flawed facial recognition trials

UK Home Secretary doubles down on cops' deeply flawed facial recognition trials

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/12/home_sec_backs_cops_use_of_facial_recognition/

As if further indication was needed of Britain's slide into a surveillance state, Home Secretary Sajid Javid has backed highly flawed police trials of facial recognition cameras.

Speaking at the launch of tools to be used to combat online child abuse, he said it was right for forces to "be on top of the latest technology".

UK Home Secretary doubles down on cops' deeply flawed facial recognition trials

Jul 12, 2019, 2:16pm UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/12/home_sec_backs_cops_use_of_facial_recognition/ > As if further indication was needed of Britain's slide into a surveillance state, Home Secretary Sajid Javid has backed highly flawed police trials of facial recognition cameras. > Speaking at the launch of tools to be used to combat online child abuse, he said it was right for forces to "be on top of the latest technology".