“Zero arrests! Proves it’s working, doesn’t it?” | Big Brother Watch
https://alecmuffett.com/article/112880
#BigBrotherWatch #FacialRecognition #surveillance #wales
#Cardiff making the news but for the wrong reasons... Facial recognition deployed during 6 nations city wide, condemned by #BigBrotherWatch https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-condemns-uks-first-use-of-city-wide-facial-recognition-in-cardiff/
‘Big Brother’ concerns as South Wales Police to snoop on whole of Cardiff city with ‘semi-permanent’ AI cameras
South Wales Police will use ‘semi-permanent’ AI facial recognition cameras – as opposed to the mobile facial recognition vans used previously – across Cardiff during this year’s Six Nations rugby competition, the first time such ‘city-wide’ coverage has been used and a major step up in the state’s intrusion on the privacy of British people.
Not a fanboi, but my money's on Apple. This was a mind-buggeringly stupid idea the first time it was floated, and it hasn't improved with the subsequent decomposition.
Blanket access to all encrypted material. Will the Apple crumble or is this (along with services such as Signal) be withdrawn from British users?
Back doors are not a good idea. And this comes on top of Starmer's proposals to open up all of our bank accounts to public examination
“[Tony Blair] believes the public will gladly sacrifice privacy for efficiency” | …whose, precisely?
https://alecmuffett.com/article/111082
#BigBrotherWatch #DigitalId #TonyBlair
“[Tony Blair] believes the public will gladly sacrifice privacy for efficiency” | …whose, precisely?
Silkie Carlo: “This whole interview reads like an insane, anti-human sales pitch from a washed up warlord-turned-AI salesman who randomly generates buzzwords to shill for whichever monster pays him the most on the day…”
https://twitter.com/silkiecarlo/status/1885382047075545307
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UK set to introduce digital driving licences
by Maia Davies, January 18, 2025
"'Technology now makes it possible for digital identities to be more secure than physical ones, but we remain clear that they will not be made mandatory.'
"The virtual licences could be used at supermarket self checkouts, The Times said, allowing customers to verify their own age without waiting for a member of staff.
"The new digital licences will be introduced later this year, the newspaper reported.
"A possible feature could allow users to hide their address in certain situations, such as in bars or shops.
"There were more than 50 million full or provisional driving licence holders in the UK in 2023, according to government data.
"The digital licences are likely to be launched as part of a 'wallet' within a new government app called Gov.uk.
"The wallet is understood to be secured in a similar way to many banking apps, and would only allow the genuine owner of a licence to access it.
"It will use features found on many smartphones, such as biometrics and multifactor authentication, like security codes.
"The government is said to be considering integrating other services into the app, such as tax payments and benefits claims.
"Other forms of identification, such as national insurance numbers, could also be added - but it is not thought physical identification will be replaced entirely.
"The new technology appears to stop short of being a broad digital ID card – as previously called for by Sir Tony Blair and Lord William Hague.
"At the time, the head of privacy campaign group #BigBrotherWatch said such a move "would be one of the biggest assaults on privacy ever seen in the UK".
"In 2016, the then-boss of the UK's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) said digital licences were being developed.
"Virtual licences are already in use in Australia, Denmark, Iceland and Norway, as well as some US states.
"In the European Union, every member state is required to introduce at least one form of digital ID by 2026."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkjjkjy4p8o
#Orwell #MemoryHole #BigBrother
#FacialRecognition: App lets police identify suspects in street
There are concerns #HumanRights will be breached as police forces in #Wales become the first to launch a facial recognition app in the #UK.
It will allow officers to use their phones to confirm someone's identity.
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Jake Hurfurt, of #CivilLiberties & #privacy group #BigBrotherWatch , said the app "creates a dangerous imbalance between the public's #rights with the police's powers".
DWP algorithm wrongly flags 200,000 people for possible fraud and error | Housing benefit | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/23/dwp-algorithm-wrongly-flags-200000-people-possible-fraud-error
#DWP
#Algorithms
#Fraud
#WronglyAccused
#HousingBenefit
#BigBrotherWatch
#D4SDigiStaff
Scrap plans to scan accounts of benefit claimants or risk new scandal, MPs told | Benefits | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/04/ministers-urged-to-scrap-plans-for-surveillance-of-benefit-claimants-bank-accounts
#Benefits
#BankAccountChecks
#BankAccounts
#Scandal
#MPs
#DWP
#AutomatedChecks
#Automation
#DisabilityRightsUK
#BigBrotherWatch
#DisabilityRights
#Carers
#CarersRights
#Disabled
#Pensioners
#CriminalByDefault
#DataProtectionAndDigitalInformationBill
#ChildPovertyAction
#Mind
#AgeUK
#ErrorsInBenefitsTopUps
#UC
Home Office ‘agreed to lobby for facial recognition use to cut shop crime’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/facial-recognition-home-office-lobbying-crime-b2384310.html
#FacialRecognition
#HomeOffice
#Shops
#Facewatch
#Police
#BigBrotherWatch
#ICO
#Blacklist
