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Starmer’s live facial recognition plan would usher in national ID, campaigners say (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by gytrash@feddit.uk to c/privacysecuk@feddit.uk

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"Civil liberties campaigners have said that a proposal made by Keir Starmer on Thursday to expand the use of live facial recognition technology would amount to the effective introduction of a national ID card system based on people’s faces.

Silkie Carlo, the director of Big Brother Watch, said it was ironic the new prime minister was suggesting a greater use of facial matching on the same day that an EU-wide law largely banning real-time surveillance technology came into force..."

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[–] gytrash@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not against the introduction of ID, in fact it'd probably make life easier for people who don't drive or have a passport! And I can't see why the campaigners think it'd automatically lead to the introduction of ID cards. Having said that, I'm also not in favour of public surveillance on a massive scale.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Oh yes just to clarify, I didn't think that you specifically have a problem with a potential national ID system, I was just wondering what the people who do see it as a problem have against it