Tag: Facial Recognition
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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…
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Faces and number plates: Cars and pedestrians no longer be scanned in German border region
Saxony stops querying faces and license plates in Upper Lusatia. The expense of the pilot project, which cost millions, was too high, he said. All German police agencies have access to a facial recognition system at the Federal Criminal Police…
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German Federal Police: Hits from facial recognition more than doubled
Since 2008, German police authorities have been using a facial recognition system to identify unknown persons. The facial database queried in this way has grown dramatically in the past year. The German Federal Police more than doubled the number of…
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„AI Act“: Germany in favour of facial recognition, against lie detectors
In Brussels, governments and parliament discuss a law on artificial intelligence The German government is committed to improving facial recognition procedures throughout the EU with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). Such systems should admittedly not be able to be…