Facial recognition technology,shouldn’t we be worried?

Concern? Well there’s obviously the opportunity for it to be accessed for purposes other than intended,it’s already not unknown for the PNC to be accessed for purposes outside of law enforcement,civilian employees of the police do for one and individuals have used it to track ex partners or harass others.

The others are of course the security services or any any future administration with no care for civil rights.

Well funnily enough I mentioned when asked why I was concerned so I quoted past occasions when civilian police workers had been caught out using the PNC for reasons other than specified and bugger me what’s in todays daily wail

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12893371/corrupt-police-workers-jailed-deleting-details-speeding-offences-mates.html

So there we are reason enough to look at this very carefully

I would be more concerned about it being used to enforce 15 minute cities per ULEZ. Because that's where this is all actually heading. At the moment ULEZ targets only older vehicles but soon enough it will net all vehicles. Then it will become pay per mile, then you will be taxed for leaving your 15 minute zone even on foot.

It is coming.

And, if that wasn't bad enough, people are already receiving fines for vehicles that aren't theirs (when the camera has read the number plate incorrectly) and effectively then have to prove their innocence.

Imagine that happening with facial recognition when someone else, who looks a bit like you, does something forbidden and you get the blame.

I think the worrying thing is if this data falls in the wrong hands. All these data banks leak like a sieve and we read every other day where our personal data has been compromised.

One company I worked for used fingerprints to identify you when you clocked in or out .
The very next one used facial recognition.

Whoosh...