I had to do some last minute shopping with one of my kids today…so went into #Norwich city centre.
I was saddened to see the police had parked up between Primark and the Haymarket and had live facial recognition cameras.
They claim this is:
a) only to catch those who ‘are a risk to public or wanted by authorities’
b) if you’re not matched to a watchlist the images of you are deleted
Facial recognition scanning in public places does not create a sense of safety or trust. Most think the opposite. They see it as an invasion of their privacy while they go about their everyday business.
Now I know many will argue if you live in a city you are constantly being filmed by cctv anyway. True. That doesn’t make it right.
Using AI to then cross reference is proven to be racially biased and inaccurate.
Who checks the irrelevant footage is then deleted?
Who voted for this?
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