[SECURITY]■ STORY TIMELINE

UK POLICE FACIAL RECOGNITION TRIAL: 500K SCANS, ZERO ARRESTS

A six-month live facial recognition trial at London railway stations scanned over 500,000 faces but resulted in no arrests and just one false-positive alert, according to freedom of information documents obtained by The Guardian.

1 SOURCEFIRST SEEN SEP 29, 11:25 AM► READ THE ARTICLE

Techmeme+0m

FOI docs: UK police's six-month live facial recognition trial in London railway stations scanned 500K+ faces, leading to no arrests and one false-positive alert (Daniel Boffey/The Guardian)

Daniel Boffey / The Guardian: FOI docs: UK police's six-month live facial recognition trial in London railway stations s…

◄ BACK TO ARTICLE