2022-08-05
🚨Scoop: From autumn, migrants will be required to scan their faces on smartwatches up to five times a day. In May the @ukhomeoffice awarded tech co @wearebuddi a £6m contract to produce facial recognition watches, which will track location 24/7. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
The Guardian
The UK government plans to require that migrants convicted of a crime scan their faces up to five times per day on a smartwatch; locations will be tracked 24/7
Home Office and MoJ plans will require migrants convicted of crimes to take photos up to five times a day
Those obliged to wear the devices will have to ‘check in’ throughout the day by taking a photograph of their face on the watch. The data gathered will be stored for six years and will be shared with the Home Office, MoJ and the police. This, @ukhomeoffice says, is “nothing new”.
The Guardian
The UK government plans to require that migrants convicted of a crime scan their faces up to five times per day on a smartwatch; locations will be tracked 24/7
Home Office and MoJ plans will require migrants convicted of crimes to take photos up to five times a day
The smartwatch scheme will run alongside GPS ankle tags and marks a stepchange in the way the government surveils migrant groups. @privacyint says facial recognition tech is “dangerous” and discriminates against marginalised groups.
The Guardian
The UK government plans to require that migrants convicted of a crime scan their faces up to five times per day on a smartwatch; locations will be tracked 24/7
Home Office and MoJ plans will require migrants convicted of crimes to take photos up to five times a day