Face recognition using CCTV, smartphones and cameras
Police in Leicestershire are the first force in the UK to test a new face recognition software system. Images can be taken from CCTV, police body cameras, digital cameras and smartphones. The images are compared with over ninety-thousand custody images on the NeoFace database. Leicestershire police have been impressed that the system provides initial results in a few seconds and other forces have shown an interest.
This is a bit worrying given that young people are being encouraged to share their images using their smartphones and CCTV cameras are being installed in schools. In 2012 it was reported in the Guardian that more than 200 schools across the UK were using CCTV cameras.
"More than 200 schools across Britain are using CCTV cameras in pupils` toilets or changing rooms, according to figures obtained by anti-surveillance campaigners, who warned that the research raised serious questions about the privacy of schoolchildren.
A total of 825 cameras were located in the toilets or changing rooms of 207 schools across England, Scotland and Wales, according to data provided by more than 2,000 schools. The figures are based on freedom of information requests lodged by the campaign group Big Brother Watch. Its director, Nick Pickles, said the full extent of school surveillance was far higher than the group had expected, adding: "Schools need to come clean about why they are using these cameras and what is happening to the footage."
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