Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests
Summary
A Guardian report covers a six-month trial of live facial recognition (LFR) at London rail stations that cost over £320k and involved nearly 100 hours of police time, resulting in just one alert on a watchlist, which was later deemed a false positive, with no arrests made. The FOI release highlights extensive scanning of over half a million faces and ongoing expansion of the trial, raising concerns about privacy, governance, and effectiveness of surveillance tech in public transport.