London Face Recognition Pilot: Bloke gets a £90 fine for hidding his face
 

A clip from BBC Click
shown last weekend.

Is this a ruddy joke?
They say they are trying it out etc then fine people who don’t want their faces seen.
I personally have no problem with cctv etc, but I can see why people can and will object.

No its all true
These are new temp cameras
connected to Police vans
that scan for Criminals

He did not want to be on their
database.

On the Full Click program
the Police showed some arrests they did
that day from Photo's that clicked to criminals wanted.




They Tested it in San Francisco
and far to many black men got
wrong data
So it was halted there

that's not how facial recognition works. If it is checked against a criminal database, then you need to be in that database for your privacy to be affected.

To be honest I don't think that matters and it falls under the heading of "if you ain't done nuffink wrong then you ain't got nuffink to worry about".

Seriously dystopian territory, this, in my opinion :umm2:.

I feel like it would be fair enough in certain places: airports, major transport hubs like central train stations, even big venues like stadiums and theatres... but in the middle of a public street? It's a step too far on its own... let alone physically stopping people for not showing their face to the camera, with literally no other indication that they've done anything wrong.

if that was a test then the chap with the ticket does not need to pay it

Sounds like the fine wasn't for covering his face though, it was for "public disorder" when he told the officers who forced him to show his face to the camera to F off.

The rats are currently at Room 81, only twenty rooms away now...

They can piss off if it's blowing a blizzard....causey face will be covered.

They will Fine you
like that fella

I won't tell them to f off so I will be fine.