Tag: Facial Recognition
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Click, click, arrest! The use of facial recognition by police in Germany
The German police are not yet allowed to do everything when it comes to facial recognition. Where is the technology being used and for what purposes? The manhunt for suspected members of the former militant RAF (Red Army Faction) has…
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Police draw up report on offences when evicting Lützerath: “Mud Wizard” allegedly also uncovered
A year ago, the village of Lützerath in the coal-mining region of North Rhine-Westphalia was evicted. Almost 600 criminal offences were recorded by the police there. Suspects were also identified using facial recognition. One year after the eviction of the…
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Train trip with motion detector: French railway is testing methods for “intelligent” surveillance
The SNCF has been trialling surveillance tools from domestic and foreign companies at railway stations in France since 2017. Last year, parliament even extended these possibilities. Between 2017 and 2021, the French railway company SNCF trialled at least 19 different…
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Attention, facial recognition! Saxony continues to operate camera columns in Upper Lusatia
After Görlitz, the police now also want to set up systems for recognition of facial images in Zittau. This system is unprecedented in Germany. The Görlitz police department wants to continue using its “Person Identification System” (Peris) based on facial…