c/perth · by Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone · 38d

WA police facial recognition trial launches with a real-time arrest – and backlash over privacy

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/20/western-australia-police-real-time-facial-recognition-trial-privacy-ntwnfb

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MisterFrog@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 38d (1 reply)

“This is not about mass surveillance,” he said. “This is about specifying those in the community who are wanted by police.

Uh huh... We'll see

busted_Anoose@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 38d

one only has to look at the shitshow in the USA right now to see where this is all headed. Is flock here yet so cops can stalk their exes?

TheHolm@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 38d

Dystopia in our time.

KaChilde@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 38d

“This totally wasn’t staged” says the cop standing in front of a bank of crime-detecting, privacy-annihilating monitors as a woman is arrested on live tv in front of reporters for… not appearing in court.

I for one feel safer already.

I don’t even give it a week before these cameras will be set up at protests to collect biometric data on dissenters.

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 34d

Are we living in cyberpunk yet when people have dazzle facial tattoos to defeat this tech?