London's live facial recognition trial ends in one false positive, no arrests, and a £320k bill

More than 500,000 faces were scanned by the live facial recognition systems set up in London's railway stations by the British Transport Police. At a cost of £320,786 (about $423,000) the numbers are in: the system scored "one false match against a watchlist of suspects" and notched up zero arrests over the course of a six-month trial. — Read the rest The post London's live facial recognition trial ends in one false positive, no arrests, and a £320k bill appeared first on Boing Boing.

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