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UK’s first use of city-wide facial recognition in Cardiff (bigbrotherwatch.org.uk)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by archchan@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Embedding facial recognition surveillance in a city-wide CCTV network represents a shocking expansion of police surveillance, and turns Cardiff into an Orwellian zone of biometric surveillance. This unprecedented use of the technology could pave the way for the mass rollout of permanent facial recognition surveillance across the UK. Live facial recognition technology turns us into walking barcodes and makes us a nation of suspects. This network of facial recognition cameras will make it impossible for Cardiff residents and visitors to opt-out of a biometric police identity check.

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[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 24 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Has the UK always been so dystopian or is this a new thing and if so why? Crime can’t be worse than the US.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 13 points 21 hours ago

Brit here. It's always been like this, at least for my whole lifetime. I remember in the 90s they were trying to get biometric ID cards going with people's fingerprints and retina scans on them, and the government has been pretty consistent with trying to undermine encryption, harvest everyone's metadata etc. Best I can tell, we seem to be the testing ground for any Orwellian nonsense that gets dreamed up, before it gets shipped out to the States and other places.

[–] asbestos@lemmy.world 17 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Seems like they’re by far the worst in Europe, and maybe even worse than USA

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 22 hours ago

by far the worst in Europe

In terms of dystopian government overreach or crime rate? Because the crime rate is surely not the worst. The overreach tho is pretty bad. They constantly try to break encryption, they try to force people to ID themselves for online services, incarcerate peaceful protesters for years, etc.

Assange is a great example of how fucking horrible their government can be.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

I suppose there’s a reason a Brit wrote 1984?

[–] PixellatedDave@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Millions of cameras everywhere. It's been like it for years now...