'I was misidentified as shoplifter by facial recognition tech'(bbc.co.uk)

140 points by rwmj 2 years ago | 93 comments

Police used AI facial recognition to wrongly arrest TN woman for crimes in ND(cnn.com)

379 points by ourmandave 7 months ago | 163 comments

CNN news article about a Tennessee woman, Angela Lipps, wrongly arrested via AI facial recognition for crimes in North Dakota, a state she says she never visited.

Live facial recognition cameras may become 'commonplace' as police use soars(theguardian.com)

128 points by c-oreills 1 year ago | 101 comments

Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers(reuters.com)

462 points by alex77456 1 year ago | 707 comments

News report that the UK government plans a mandatory digital ID, the 'Brit Card', for all adults as proof of the right to live and work, aimed at curbing illegal immigration.

Essex police pause facial recognition camera use after study finds racial bias(theguardian.com)

17 points by Brajeshwar 7 months ago | 14 comments

TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption, saying it makes users less safe(bbc.com)

388 points by 1659447091 7 months ago | 371 comments

BBC News article reporting that TikTok will not add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, arguing it would put users at risk.

500k facial scans at UK stations yield no arrests, 1 false positive(theguardian.com)

437 points by ilamont 27 days ago | 256 comments

Guardian article reporting that a six-month live facial recognition trial at London stations cost £320,000, produced one false positive alert, and led to no arrests.

Police relied on Clearview AI and put the wrong person in jail(nytimes.com)

419 points by danso 3 years ago | 108 comments

New York Times article about police relying on Clearview AI facial recognition that led to the wrongful jailing of an innocent person.

London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces(btp.police.uk)

356 points by BlueBerry2001 2 months ago | 438 comments

British Transport Police news release about expanding its live facial recognition trial into London Underground stations; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.

Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers(reuters.com)

462 points by alex77456 1 year ago | 707 comments

News report that the UK government plans a mandatory digital ID, the 'Brit Card', for all adults as proof of the right to live and work, aimed at curbing illegal immigration.

Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evidence' in multiple cases(news.sky.com)

335 points by austinallegro 4 months ago | 164 comments

Sky News story about a Derbyshire police officer investigated for allegedly using AI to create evidence in multiple cases; the page returned Access Denied.

Hackers Had a Live Feed of Every ID Verification Company Scanned for over a Year(techdirt.com)

481 points by beardyw 1 month ago | 197 comments

Techdirt article reporting that hackers had a live feed of every ID scanned by an identity verification company for over a year, exposing 153 million license scans.