This issue is being discussed on BBC 2 in a few minutes probably using the same bit of film from Click.
Shame I have to go to work
I realise that.
I saw the report of that.
My concern is innocent people being caught up in a facial recognition nightmare.
It was the Politics Show.
The piece included a chap who got a fixed penalty of Ā£90 for covering his face during an āexperimentalā trial in a very public London street.
Just wonder how different things might have been if it was a female āletterboxā involved rather than a white maleā¦
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I am grateful for these cameras. They help to fight terrorism and crime in general and keep me safe. Cannot fault them.
Of course it does. After they have mugged you they get caught and put away and donāt mug me. Hence I am safer. Simple
What CCTV has done is move crime away from certain areas of towns and cities, Iāll use football as an example. I started going to games on a serious basis in the late 70ās when hooliganism was rife and fighting took place inside the ground and the only way to control this was to employ 000ās of police officers at a huge cost to the clubs. The use of CCTV along with tough sentencing and banning orders stopped this almost instantly and today itās rare to see any police inside grounds, unfortunately the violence has simply moved away from areas around stadiums rather than being eradicated completely but at least itās now safer to go to games.
And thereās your problem. Trying to address terrorism after the event is problematic. Without addressing the cause you are wasting your time and money.
And I agree with Ben. The jury is still out regarding its accuracy.
[edit] āAnd thereās your problemā is rather subjective. On reflection Iād say āThereās where you and I differā¦ā[/edit]
or subjected to another of failing Graylings initiativesā¦ attaching a tag to a prosthetic leg 
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Biometric Enabling Intelligence (BEI) systems gather data in war zones such as Syria and Afghanistan on Persons of Interest (Enemy combattants/Terrorists/ISIS). This is then fed into the Information Technology used at Ports of entry in UK/USA to help identify such persons attempting to enter using false/counterfeit documents.
The Security Services have the ability to proactively secure borders using this developing technology. The use of BEI as part of threat assessment intelligence packages has and is saving lives in war zones and closer to home.
I am sure you are right Dan, but meanwhile NY cops are feeding in pictures of Woody Harrelson to try and force a match.
A system is only as strong as its weakest link and we have some pretty weak links, eh, Graham?
Couldnāt make it up @benvanstaveren
Contractors employed by the Ministry of Justice were sent out to deploy a tag on someone who had a false leg to keep him under curfew.
The numties attached the tag to the false leg so all he had to do when they had gone was pull the leg off and put on his spare one on. 
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Grayling again.
This man has cost the UK a fortune.
His layest fiasco is with the failure of part privatisation of the probation service.
Apparently he was told in advance that his plan would not work, but he went ahead anyway.
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Retarded? Not a fan of that word personally.
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Sāok if weāre talking about engine ignition timing.
Yeah, good point!
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In the derogatory sense I meant.
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With you on that one 
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I would have said offensive and rude
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