Use of live facial recognition can pose serious threats, report finds

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Use of live facial recognition can pose 'serious threats', report finds

The report, from the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge, developed an audit which was applied to three facial recognition deployments.

The report was published by the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge

Date - 31st October 2022
By - Cash Boyle

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The use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) can "pose serious threats to fundamental rights of privacy", according to a report which examined three police deployments of the technology. Author Evani Radiya-Dixit developed an audit to...

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