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Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Police across Britain equipped with live facial recognition bodycams

inews.co.uk

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Police across Britain equipped with live facial recognition bodycams

inews.co.uk

Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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'Live facial recognition is a dystopian mass surveillance technology which turns us all into walking ID cards,' one privacy group warned

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/3829409

  • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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    IMO this is pretty shortsighted and going to affect all the wrong people, skimasks and balaclavas are a thing!

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      And so is a IR flashlight!

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      Easy enough fix for the government, just make them illegal.

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      Or dazzle makeup.

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        Or just an N95 mask

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          Socially acceptable, healthy, and private, win win win

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            Bring back balaclavas.

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