A new generation of cameras in the UK that feed into facial recognition software, enabling real-time identity checks, raises new privacy concerns among citizens
Adam Satariano / New York Times : Tweets: @clareangelyn , @kenroth , @nytimes , @sandrawachter5 , @nytimesbusiness , @cendemtech , and @satariano Tweets: Clare Garvie / @clareangelyn : “...police departments and private companies, not elected officials, were [are] making public policy about the use of facial recognition.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Kenneth Roth / @kenroth : The British people have long put up with more surveillance than most people but what's now giving them pause is the police use of facial-recognition technology to monitor them in real time (and sometimes arrest them as a result). https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... @nytimes : A few hours before a recent rugby match in Wales, amid throngs of fans, police officers popped out of a van and arrested a man carrying coffee. A camera on top of the van had captured his image and identified him as someone wanted on suspicion of assault. https://www.nytimes.com/... Sandra Wachter / @sandrawachter5 : Check out this great piece @nytimes @satariano feat. my views on facial recognition, its ethical challenges, and the need for regulatory clarity and rules https://www.nytimes.com/... @oiioxford @turinginst @UniofOxford @nytimesbusiness : Critics say the technology is an intrusion of privacy, akin to constant identification checks of an unsuspecting public, and has questionable accuracy, particularly at identifying people who aren't white men https://www.nytimes.com/... @cendemtech : “Britain has traditionally sacrificed privacy more than other Western democracies... But a new generation of cameras is beginning to be used, feeding #facialrecognition software... raising new concerns among public officials, civil society & citizens:” https://www.nytimes.com/... Adam Satariano / @satariano : Britain has long tolerated government surveillance more than other western democracies, but facial recognition is testing the limits of that acceptance. I went to Cardiff, where police commonly use the technology, to get a look. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://www.nytimes.com/...