• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    How are they tagging everyone though? Where’s this database they’re comparing against?

    If this is like any other government project it won’t work, it will cost 10 million pounds, and is developed by a company that previously specialized in the manufacture of plastic cutlery.

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      1 year ago

      10 million pounds

      Hahahaha. Gonna need a few more zeros there, bud.

      specialized in the manufacture of plastic cutlery

      But no actual experience in the manufacture of plastic cutlery.

    • Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      1 year ago

      The Met are already using it - just not (yet) on bodycams.

      The company behind it, who supply the data are called Facewatch. I’m not going to link to their site but they’re the ones supplying the tech and db. They did it by scraping social media sites as well as government documents and the plan is to add the UK Passport db data soon.