London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces(btp.police.uk)
377 points by BlueBerry2001 10 days ago | 504 comments
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HN Discussion:
  • Firsthand account confirming the surveillance deployment and police hostility to observation
  • ~Anonymous travel already died with contactless payments; this is just continued erosion
  • UK is becoming Orwellian and will use this to silence dissent and protests
  • Surveillance is ineffective given rampant crime and lenient sentencing in the UK
  • Cameras are useful tools for understaffed police and shouldn't be feared