New UK police guidance that could put innocent people on facial recognition system watchlists has been slammed by civil rights groups. On Tuesday, the College of Policing released a handbook for police in England and Wales, claiming that the use of live face recognition technology is “legal and ethical.” Face recognition technology can be used to discover “those who are missing and possibly in danger; find people where intelligence suggests they may represent a threat to themselves or others; and arrest people who are wanted by police or courts,” according to authorities. The guidance, however, is a “atrocious policy and a hammer blow to privacy and liberty in our country,” according to Silkie Carlo, director of the privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch. “With this Orwellian surveillance technology, we warned about mission creep, and now we see that this new … Continue reading UK Permits Facial Recognition Tech To Be Used On Innocent Persons Who “May Be In Danger”. Welcome To 1984.