facial recognition

Contactless border checks set to arrive in all UK airports Border Force is rolling out facial recognition technology for UK arrivals, and it could let British travellers walk through e-gates without scanning a passport at all. The contactless border system launches at Birmingham and East Midlands airports within the following weeks, and is expected to […]

1 month ago

A civil liberties group has described the technology as “authoritarian, dangerous and lawless” Police have begun a facial recognition trial in central London that will be in effect on Monday and Tuesday of this week. The trial will cover areas in the vicinity of Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square, Met police said, with shoppers invited […]

8 years ago