Photo: Getty ImagesPolice have been quietly setting up a $9 million facial recognition system that can take a live feed from CCTV cameras and identify people from it. Police briefed the commissioner's office in July, months after signing up the US facial recognition operator. In Auckland, they have access to more than 3000 Auckland Transport cameras, and have expressed interest in running facial recognition on them. "There is no biometric or facial recognition on any AT cameras," the agency told RNZ. At least three US city councils have banned any use of facial recognition tech.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 30, 2020 23:37 UTC