Police face-recog tech use in Welsh capital of Cardiff was unlawful – Court of Appeal
Judges went out of their way not to set a nationwide precedent, though
11 Aug 2020 | 33
NEC insists its face-recog training dataset isn't biased, but refuses to share details of Neoface system with UK court
Magical Black Box of Suspects to Arrest is updated annually, says firm
30 Jun 2020 | 12
Spare some change, guv? UK's CCTV regulator pitches for £100k budget increase
8-strong national body asks government for cash to hire 2 more
29 Jun 2020 | 3
Brit police's use of facial-recognition tech is lawful, no need to question us, cops' lawyer tells Court of Appeal
Plus: Home Office urges judges to leave lax legal framework as is
26 Jun 2020 | 58
Laws on police facial recognition aren't tough enough, UK data watchdog barrister tells Court of Appeal
Top judge replies: Don't understand what you're on about
24 Jun 2020 | 45
UK police's face recognition tech breaks human rights laws. Outlaw it, civil rights group urges Court of Appeal
Appeal starts over Cardiff creepycam deployment
23 Jun 2020 | 38
If you don't LARP, you'll cry: Armed fun police swoop to disarm knight-errant spotted patrolling Welsh parkland
Hey, he's not causing any harm, unlike Norfolk's plague doctor creep
15 May 2020 | 77
Drones intone 'you must stay home,' eliciting moans from those in the zone: Flying gizmos corral Brits amid coronavirus lockdown
Big Brother refitted for Big Hover
28 Mar 2020 | 86
Cops charge prankster who 'corona-coughed' on aged officer and had it filmed
And that's perhaps not the worst of viral idiocy in Australia: One minister made up a cyber-attack to cover for inadequate web provisioning
26 Mar 2020 | 74
This episode of Black Mirror sucks: London cops boast that facial-recog creepycams will be on the streets this year
In depth Here's what Met top brass told the press this morning
24 Jan 2020 | 87
Why can't passport biometrics see through my cunning disguise?
Something for the Weekend, Sir? You can't leave your hat on
29 Nov 2019 | 139
Welsh police use of facial recog tech – it's so 'lawful', rules High Court
Claimant to appeal judgment and campaign for outright ban
4 Sep 2019 | 41
UK Home Secretary doubles down on cops' deeply flawed facial recognition trials
1984 is not an instruction manual, and yet here we are
12 Jul 2019 | 47
UK's MoD is helping itself to cops' fingerprint database 'unlawfully', rules biometrics chief
Paul Wiles: 'Clear and publicly accepted rules' needed for common data platform
27 Jun 2019 | 28
Tesla's autonomous lane changing software is worse at driving than humans, and more
Roundup Also, one man launched a legal battle against the police for using facial recognition cameras in the UK
28 May 2019 | 124
Cops told live facial recog needs oversight, rigorous trial design, protections against bias
How about only using face-scan tech if it, er, actually works, is the only option, eh?
27 Feb 2019 | 25
London's Met police confess: We made just one successful collar in latest facial recog trial
Force will run 1 more full-day rollout after snow stopped play
6 Feb 2019 | 67
ICO to probe facial recog amid concerns UK cops can't shake their love for unregulated creepy tech
Plus: Boffins find kit struggles in low light, crowds
3 Dec 2018 | 14
'Oh sh..' – the moment an infosec bod realized he was tracking a cop car's movements by its leaky cellular gateway
Black Hat Internet boxes blab coordinates on login pages
18 Aug 2018 | 86
London fuzz to get 600 more mobile fingerprint scanners
In-house software to slash support costs by £200k a year, claims Met Police
15 Aug 2018 | 37
