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"In a first for Australian law enforcement, police in Western Australia have
deployed live facial recognition technology in marked vans at locations around
Perth.
The system scans the faces of passersby and compares them in real time to a
watchlist of around 4,000 people with outstanding warrants. The list also
includes registered sex offenders and missing persons. When a potential match
occurs, nearby officers are alerted.
Police say the trial of the technology is “a way that we can increase the
freedoms and the privacy of our community”. But facial recognition technology
has documented drawbacks and risks, and deploying it in this way will present
new ones – and Australia’s legal and governance systems are ill-prepared to
manage them."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
