UK face recognition systems 'dangerously inaccurate'

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UK face recognition systems 'dangerously inaccurate'
The UK's Metropolitan Police's use of facial recognition is misidentifying innocent people as wanted criminals more than nine times out of ten, according to a privacy campaign group. Civil liberties organisation Big Brother Watch (BBW) published its findings into the Met's use of facial ...

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