‘Do I look like this?’ Bangladeshi man wrongfully detained in UK after facial recognition software identified him as a burglar

[ad_1] A Bangladeshi-origin software engineer, Alvi Choudhury, was arrested at his Southampton home last month and was detained for 10 hours after a facial recognition software mistakenly identified him as the suspect of a burglary in Milton Keynes, 100 miles away. Choudhury told the Guardian that he was confused when police knocked on his door […]

UK conducts first ever trial for passport-free border control using facial recognition at Manchester Airport | World News

[ad_1] The UK trialled facial recognition e-gates at Manchester Airport, allowing British travellers to skip passports/Representative Image The United Kingdom has begun trials of a “contactless” border control system, allowing British travellers to re-enter the country without presenting their passports. The technology, which uses facial recognition to verify identity, was tested over three weeks at […]