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Central Londoners to Be Subjected to Facial Recognition Test This Week

posted by takyon on Monday December 17 2018, @03:08PM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-panic dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

ArsTechnica:

London's Metropolitan Police Service will be testing facial recognition technology in a handful of locations across the central core of the British capital on both Monday and Tuesday for eight hours each day.

This trial marks the seventh such trial in London since 2016. In addition to the December 17-18 tests, authorities have said there will be three more tests that have yet to be scheduled.

Time to break out the Guy Fawkes masks, Londoners.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17 2018, @05:19PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17 2018, @05:19PM (#775452)

    According to the 2011 Census, the largest religious groupings are Christians (48.4 per cent), followed by those of no religion (20.7 per cent), Muslims (12.4 per cent), no response (8.5 per cent), Hindus (5.0 per cent), Jews (1.8 per cent), Sikhs (1.5 per cent), Buddhists (1.0 per cent) and other (0.6 per cent).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London [wikipedia.org]

    How much of the population needs to do something before it becomes a fashion hit? Looks like 6.2% are already predisposed to wearing them.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17 2018, @06:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17 2018, @06:15PM (#775475)

    wow, that's way too many goddamn muslims, but i guess if you want to con brits (and later everyone else) into accepting facial recognition and social scores, you have to let some retarded rapists and "religious" zealots in to stir up shit.

  • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Monday December 17 2018, @06:48PM (2 children)

    by isostatic (365) on Monday December 17 2018, @06:48PM (#775490) Journal

    Funny that because I can count on one hand the number of Burqas I've seen in London in the last 2 years.

    • (Score: 5, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Monday December 17 2018, @08:09PM (1 child)

      by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday December 17 2018, @08:09PM (#775529)

      ...I can count on one hand the number of Burqas I've seen in London in the last 2 years.

      That will be because, like all immigrants everywhere the children of the immigrant generation want to fit in and be like their friends at school, and so those sorts of things die out pretty quickly.

      Kind of like the Chinese dude I work with who refused to go "home" to find a wife, because he already was home, and married a local girl instead.

      His parents were not pleased, but got used to it and now they have a grandchild think their daughter-in-law is the bees knees.

      A lot of the comments on this site come from frightened people who have never traveled outside their own little world, and know less than they think they do.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 19 2018, @09:29PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 19 2018, @09:29PM (#776544)

        Or perhaps are well traveled enlightened individuals who recognize evil when they see it

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17 2018, @10:50PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17 2018, @10:50PM (#775605)

    Jesus Christ... 12.4% of brits admit to being Muslim? No wonder they have terrorism attacks every week over there.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 19 2018, @07:58AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 19 2018, @07:58AM (#776213)

      That's racist!
      There is absolutely no evidence that they rape or murder or cut off female genitals or follow the guidance of a dead pedophile madman. None.