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Jan 2021
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Facial recognition technology: A privacy...

THE TIMES
About this episode

Facial recognition technology is in the spotlight as the surveillance watchdog raises privacy concerns over its use by police forces. Are these new technologies making the country safer, or creating a new privacy nightmare?


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Guests:

Fiona Hamilton, crime and security editor, The Times.

Tony Porter, former Surveillance Camera Commissioner for England and Wales.


Host: David Aaronovitch.


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