Lockport News, page-61

Form last weeks news

"The London Metropolitan Police’s facial recognition program continues to draw attention for all the wrong reasons. The system’s sky-high levels of inaccuracy (with a 98% false positive rate) have been repeatedlyhighlighted in the past. In that context, the 81% inaccuracy rate revealed in the latest independent report commissioned by Scotland Yard almost looks like an improvement—although, in fact, it could be higher than that, as some of the “suspects” could not be found to verify whether or not the program had accurately identified them. The report also identified significant operational problems and issues around informed consent, or lack thereof."

Given the supposed and much touted connection between BRN/Spikenet and Scotland Yard, these ongoing negative reports do not inspire a lot of confidence. But maybe I'm just a pessimist