Smile! UK cops spend tens of millions on live facial recognition tech

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Smile! UK cops spend tens of millions on live facial recognition tech

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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 hours ago

UK cops shell out £20M for live facial recognition tech

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Labour government keen, though critics paint it as a severe threat to privacy

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