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Re:UK expands police facial recognition rollout with 10 new ... by anonymousDan on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @07:30PM (#44895108)
I don't think this is true. Apparently the operation of a large majority of those private cameras is in fact outsourced to a handful of big security companies, and many of them are remotely operated. This makes getting access to private cameras a lot easier for police than you think.
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Re:UK expands police facial recognition rollout with 10 new ... by _Wintermute on Thursday August 14, 2025 @05:23AM (#44898449)
If you've ever had to deal with the UK police as a victim of a crime, you'll quickly find out they're pretty useless at obtaining CCTV footage. I was asked to get it myself, to which the business who owned the CCTV told me they would only hand it to the police, so nothing happened.
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