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London Police Deploy Advanced Facial-Recognition Cameras Across City

• https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

And as the New York Times showed us last week, democratic governments and private corporations in the West already have access to similar technology that would allow them to identify people in real-time. On the heels of the backlash to the NYT report on ClearView (a purveyor of advanced surveillance technology), the London Metropolitan Police announced on Friday that it plans to start using facial recognition technology in the city to identify people on the street in real-time.

The NYT adds that the decision is "a major development in the use of a technology that has set off a worldwide debate about the balance between security and privacy. Police departments contend that the software gives them a technological edge to catch criminals that may otherwise avoid detection."

Of course, "critics say the technology is an invasion of privacy and is being rolled out without adequate public discussion."


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