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New app lets police identify suspects in the street
It will enable police to confirm the identity of someone who is unable or refuses to give details.
Jake Hurfurt, of civil liberties and privacy group Big Brother Watch, said the app "creates a dangerous imbalance between the public's rights with the police's powers". The software takes a "probe image", typically a face captured on CCTV or from a mobile phone, and measures the facial features - our biometric data. She said: "This technology doesn't replace traditional means of identifying people and our police officers will only be using it in instances where it is both necessary and proportionate to do so, with the aim of keeping that particular individual, or the wider public, safe."
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