Category: met

London police begin using live facial recognition tech across the capital

Post author By Randall
Post date January 24, 2020
Categories In Cameras, crime, facial recognition, met, police, Politics, Privacy, Security, Tech, tomorrow, Uk

[ad_1] In a tweet, the Met assured the public that any images obtained that don’t trigger a potential alert are deleted immediately — and that it’s up to officers whether they decide to stop someone based on an alert or not. The technology operates from a standalone system, and isn’t linked to any other imaging […]

UK police’s facial recognition system has an 81 percent error rate

Post author By Randall
Post date July 4, 2019
Categories In biometrics, China, crime, evidence, facial recognition, Internet, met, metropolitan, Mobile, police, Politics, Security, surveillance, suspects, Tech, tomorrow, Uk

[ad_1] The report, obtained by Sky News, is the first independent evaluation of the scheme since the technology was first used at Notting Hill Carnival in August 2016. Since then it has been used at 10 locations, including Leicester Square and during Remembrance Sunday services. Researchers measured the accuracy of the technology from six of […]