Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England

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Post by amarcheschi » Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 10:56 AM UTC

Related: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/uk_expands_police_facial_recognition/

Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England
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Re: Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England

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Post by conartist6 » Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 11:24 AM UTC

If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear.

We are going to be hearing that argument a lot as the AI police state evolves

Re: Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England

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Post by kbos87 » Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 11:34 AM UTC

The couple of times I’ve even done as little as fly through Heathrow it has been apparent to me that the UK is on its way to becoming an unfettered surveillance state, and I never hear anyone talking about it.

Re: Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England

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Post by drcongo » Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 11:37 AM UTC

I'm so embarrassed to be British these days. We're a small island of small minded people.

Re: Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England

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Post by beardyw » Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 11:45 AM UTC

10 vans works out at one for every 10,000 square miles. Hardly a "roll out across the UK".

Re: Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England

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Post by davesmylie » Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 11:54 AM UTC

Well, that's some distopean shit right there ain't it

Re: Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England

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Post by holsta » Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 11:55 AM UTC

beardyw wrote: post #5

10 vans works out at one for every 10,000 square miles. Hardly a "roll out across the UK".

> Hardly a "roll out across the UK".

What's your threshold for when it becomes a problem? Should we wait until it becomes a problem, or should we try to stop this level of facial recognition?

You should also assume this is a proof of concept. It'll get improved and scaled down to run on every police vehicle, and on every camera the police already control.

Re: Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England

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Post by potato3732842 » Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 12:06 PM UTC

drcongo wrote: post #4

I'm so embarrassed to be British these days. We're a small island of small minded people.

Small mindedness (to use your words, though I think other sets of words are perhaps more descripitive) is a condition that spreads like the plague. If you don't constantly stamp it out through ostracizing and marginalizing the infected and those who intentionally create the conditions for it then you will be overrun.

Re: Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England

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Post by lm28469 » Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 12:18 PM UTC

drcongo wrote: post #4

I'm so embarrassed to be British these days. We're a small island of small minded people.

Largest empire in history in 1920 to small isolated island speedrun any %.

It's a good modern historical example of how you cannot take anything for granted on a long enough timescale (wink wink USA), and it wasn't even that long, no matter how good or bad things are looking right now all it takes is a couple of generations to radically change the situation

Re: Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England

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Post by drcongo » Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 12:18 PM UTC

davesmylie wrote: post #6

Well, that's some distopean shit right there ain't it

From the country that brought you vans telling immigrants to "GO HOME OR FACE ARREST" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Go_Home%22_vans