After years of trials, some of which found major failings, the Metropolitan police has announced it will use live facial recognition cameras operationally for the first time on the capital’s streets. Live facial recognition of the kind the Met is deploying detects all faces on video footage and then compares the faces against watchlists. Adding facial recognition capabilities to CCTV cameras, for instance, would be a game-changer. The human rights challenge of a Welsh police force’s trial of facial recognition still has an appeal pending. In fact, given its inherent risks, live facial recognition would have to be more effective than alternative, less risky measures, such as simply hiring more police.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2020 06:56 UTC