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British police will scan people's faces to see if they're criminals, and critics say it's a massive expansion of surveillance

, London's Metropolitan Police said the system would involve using cameras to focus on "a small, targeted area to scan passers-by."

The Metropolitan Police hasn't specified where in London the technology will go live, but said it would place cameras in areas where it could locate "serious offenders." But the rollout of the technology, which is being supplied by Japanese technology firm NEC, is likely to prompt serious concerns about government surveillance and civil liberties.

The spokesman also confirmed that people who refuse to show their faces in areas where the tech is in operation will not be fined for doing so.Silkie Carlo, director of civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch, told Business Insider: "This decision represents an enormous expansion of the surveillance state and a serious threat to civil liberties in the UK.

 

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In every US city soon.

Big Brother takes on its original ‘1984’ meaning.

AI should track everyone in Spacetime, than determining who comitted any given crime would be a simple backtrack. Control your stupid peasants!

“Critics say” 😂

I am wondering how GDPR works here after Brexit

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