Concern over the increasing use of facial recognition in CCTV cameras

Your face is the new frontier in surveillance technology. Privacy experts are sounding the alarm over the increasing use of facial recognition in CCTV cameras, but authorities say is a useful crime-fighting tool. Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-1...

Wed 17 Jun 2020, 8:26pm

With our lives increasingly online, we already know our every move can be tracked by our phones and apps. But the newest frontier in surveillance technology is your own face.

Privacy experts are now sounding the alarm over the increasing use of facial recognition in CCTV cameras, which authorities say is a useful crime-fighting tool.

Source: Nadia Daly, 17 June 2020, “Concern over the increasing use of facial recognition in CCTV cameras”, https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/concern-over-the-increasing-use-of-facial/12366756

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