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Surveillance Firm Plans Facial Recognition for Flock Cameras
Original: Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
A surveillance company is pitching facial recognition software that would run on Flock Safety's camera networks, telling police it wants to 'close the gap' left by Flock, which does not itself offer the capability. The move has drawn attention from privacy advocates who warn it would dramatically expand mass surveillance of public spaces without residents' consent, as the cameras are already widely deployed in neighbourhoods across the United States.
Why now: Privacy concerns over expanding facial recognition on police camera networks are back in the news
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- Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras · 404 Media
A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.
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