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UK’s GDPR replacement could wipe out oversight of live facial recognition

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UK’s GDPR replacement could wipe out oversight of live facial recognition

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Post by belter » Mon, May 22, 2023, 12:09 PM UTC

UK’s GDPR replacement could wipe out oversight of live facial recognition
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Post by ElfinTrousers » Mon, May 22, 2023, 12:37 PM UTC

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Post by Havoc » Mon, May 22, 2023, 12:38 PM UTC

Can't say I'm surprised - london is famously cctv heavy

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Post by EGreg » Mon, May 22, 2023, 12:46 PM UTC

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Post by deathgripsss » Mon, May 22, 2023, 12:51 PM UTC

ElfinTrousers wrote: post #2

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The UK isn't even scrapping the "bendy banana" law https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bendy-bananas-brexit-uk-e...

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Post by sofixa » Mon, May 22, 2023, 12:59 PM UTC

ElfinTrousers wrote: post #2

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> blue passports

Which are made in Poland. What a magnificent Brexit win!

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Post by robinduckett » Mon, May 22, 2023, 1:00 PM UTC

sofixa wrote: post #6

ElfinTrousers wrote: post #2

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> blue passports Which are made in Poland. What a magnificent Brexit win!

And they’re hardly blue. Closer to black.

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Post by jklrtx » Mon, May 22, 2023, 1:01 PM UTC

Meanwhile, Sunak is celebrating himself with a nauseating propaganda video:

https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1660560546465193984

Look how clean and groomed our dear leaders are while they are surveilling the population and ruin the economy. Whatever it takes!

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 22, 2023, 1:02 PM UTC

Havoc wrote: post #3

Can't say I'm surprised - london is famously cctv heavy

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Post by jacobp100 » Mon, May 22, 2023, 1:15 PM UTC

deathgripsss wrote: post #5

ElfinTrousers wrote: post #2

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The UK isn't even scrapping the "bendy banana" law https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bendy-bananas-brexit-uk-e...

The EU never banned bananas based on shape. It’s a myth

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