And it’s not just police deployments.
UK Councils are building facial recognition into CCTV networks allowing cameras to scan people against watchlists and alert authorities when someone on a list is detected.
https://libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/facial-recognition-cameras-preston-tyneside-cctv/
UK supermarket Sainsbury’s suspended its use of FRT in one store after an innocent customer was wrongly identified as a suspected shoplifter.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddjlmeqjgyo
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