Facial recognition cameras appearing to be working.

[Elsa TLC]

BBC News - One arrest after police scan 50,000 faces at Appleby Horse Fair - BBC News

One arrest after police scan 50,000 faces at Appleby Horse Fair

Cumbria Police says it believes many on its watchlist stayed away for fear of the technology.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[motorbiking]

Given the demographic of attendees, that isn't a great result.

 

[fillyboy]

The horse is innocent.

 

[Highway Man]

Given the demographic of attendees, that isn't a great result.

I would say that the face recognition camera must be faulty or a lot of attendees have had plastic surgery.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Given the demographic of attendees, that isn't a great result.

I'm guessing it was severely overloaded and blew a circuit. Or the camera has been for it's woke, two-tier upgrade.

 

[Elsa TLC]

Given the demographic of attendees, that isn't a great result.

Sometime we need to look past the figures.

It must have prevented people of trouble attending the festival.

As this technology develops and expands it will inevitably restrict people's movement.

I know its a long way off but could this really restrict criminals movement that would inturn effect their standard of living, freedom that would make the world a safer place.

 

[ellal]

Sometime we need to look past the figures.

It must have prevented people of trouble attending the festival.

You mean like...

Linky Linky

"Most people arrested during violent protests after the sentencing of Henry Nowak’s murderer had previously been reported to the police for domestic abuse, the Guardian can disclose"

"Data released by Hampshire police under freedom of information laws shows that 22 of 37 people (59%) detained in Southampton after Vickrum Digwa was jailed for life have been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence"

Did that prevent them attending their festival of violence?

Then of course there are the number of false positives...

I guess you'd be perfectly happy being arrested for something you haven't got a clue about?

And that's before the AI algorithms infiltrate the system!

And you say...

"As this technology develops and expands it will inevitably restrict people's movement. I know its a long way off but could this really restrict criminals movement that would inturn effect their standard of living, freedom that would make the world a safer place"

It's not a long way off and you seem to be happy to adopt a dystopian future!

 

[motorbiking]

And of course those who pay the ultimate price.

 

[ellal]

And of course those who pay the ultimate price.

Or those who become targeted...

"Essex police has paused its use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study found cameras were significantly more likely to target Black people than people of other ethnicities"

 

[Highway Man]

Or those who become targeted...

"Essex police has paused its use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study found cameras were significantly more likely to target Black people than people of other ethnicities"

Nonsense

 

[morqthana]

Nonsense

https://www.essex.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/essex/about-us/live-facial-recognition/2026-03-12-lfr-accuracy-watchlists-deterrence-cambs-uni.pdf

 

[Charlie George]

Or those who become targeted...

"Essex police has paused its use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study found cameras were significantly more likely to target Black people than people of other ethnicities"

It was statistically significantly more likely to correctly identify Black participants

 

[Highway Man]

https://www.essex.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/essex/about-us/live-facial-recognition/2026-03-12-lfr-accuracy-watchlists-deterrence-cambs-uni.pdf

whilst at the same time it was likely to identify men rather than women too. So why did essex police choose to stop using it because of the ethnic reasons rather than the statistic identifying men over women?

 

[ellal]

whilst at the same time it was likely to identify men rather than women too. So why did essex police choose to stop using it because of the ethnic reasons rather than the statistic identifying men over women?

At least your later reply agrees it wasn't working correctly

 

[Highway Man]

At least you agree it wasn't working correctly

I think any software especially face recognition software will require tweeks to it to get it right, I don't agree that they shouldn't use it because of a few bugs that need ironing out. Nothing is perfect.