Facial recognition...

[Scrumpy]

Good... About bloody time... If you have nothing to hide you will have nothing to worry about..
Human rights .. Or whatever they are called will complain .. SHUT UP..

There are some nasty people out there.. doing some horrendous things ..
 Mind you.. All those 'baddies' look the same.. with a mask on..

[klondike]

I hope their AI is better that the stuff my son tried on some of his camera feeds...

[JBR]

I agree that facial recognition is likely to be advantageous in crime prevention, especially as I see so many people on the news who are wearing face masks to hide their identity.
Muslim women, of course, might be encouraged not to cover their faces.  That is an ancient religious requirement and I'm sure that many of them only do so following orders from their husband (or even father).

[muddy]

No flaming keyffiahs wrapped around their cowardly mugs .
Face coverings must be banned .
No question about it .

[Dextrous63]

No flaming keyffiahs wrapped around their cowardly mugs .
Face coverings must be banned .
No question about it .

I don't understand who they're trying to hide their ID from.  The authorities won't penalise them, and their fellow brethren won't be an issue.  You'd have thought they'd be proud to show themselves. 🤷🏻�♂️

[JBR]

I don't understand who they're trying to hide their ID from.  The authorities won't penalise them, and their fellow brethren won't be an issue.  You'd have thought they'd be proud to show themselves. 🤷🏻�♂️

Orders from husbands: 'This is my possession and nobody will have the benefit of seeing it'.

[Ashy]

In my humble opinion.

There is nothing in the mohamedan religion that requires women to cover their faces.

CCTV does not prevent crime. Nor does facial recognition. 

Why do some human rights aware people object to their over-use? Because they can be used to detect crimes which do not exist at present.

[Dextrous63]

I suspect that human rights folk might be a tad concerned about what data might be made available in the public domain (or even might be sold to interested parties who might be interested in a person's day to day activities so as to target them with relevant goods and services that might interest them 🤷🏻�♂️).

FWIW, I couldn't care less who knows what I get up to, nor where I come and go.

[klondike]

Orders from husbands: 'This is my possession and nobody will have the benefit of seeing it'.

A rather dubious benefit I suspect..

[GrannyMac]

I agree that facial recognition is likely to be advantageous in crime prevention, especially as I see so many people on the news who are wearing face masks to hide their identity.
Muslim women, of course, might be encouraged not to cover their faces.  That is an ancient religious requirement and I'm sure that many of them only do so following orders from their husband (or even father).

It's not really religious, more cultural. I think face coverings should not be allowed in most scenarios, otherwise facial recognition won't treat everyone the same.

[klondike]

The main problem with facial recognition and faces being obscured I see is that it removes any potential protection that it is supposed to offer. I don't care if they take my pic to identify me in the least. I think I've still got some vivid masks 

[muddy]

I am innocence personified but my phone sometimes doesn't recognise me 😕

[Flying Bomb]

I don't see how it will work it seems to be well advertised that facial recognition is in an area so criminals will not enter that area.

[Mups]

I don't see how it will work it seems to be well advertised that facial recognition is in an area so criminals will not enter that area.

Hmm,  that's a thought.   

It said on tonight's news that it is unlikely to come widely into force until around 2027/8  though.

I also agree with Scrumpy when she said . . . " Good... About bloody time... If you have nothing to hide you will have nothing to worry about.".

[Michael Rolls]

Until pinged by a false positive, which is already happening