Starmer reveals his authoritarian streak
- The Prime Minister has vowed to roll out an invasive form of surveillance tech
- Live facial recognition turns us all into walking ID cards
- 74% of all face 'matches' by police facial recognition systems in the UK are incorrect
In a statement on the ugly scenes of public disorder in Southport, the new Prime Minister pledged a ‘wider deployment of facial recognition’ surveillance among a raft of other measures, designed to crack down on far-right agitators in the streets and online. In a moment in which he felt something had to be done, goaded by police chiefs intent on promoting their Chinese-style surveillance tools, Starmer reached blindly into the dark and pulled the first lever he could find. Without consideration for the consequences for our rights, freedoms or society more broadly he touted the rollout of one of the most invasive forms of surveillance technology available today.
It's a short piece but well worth reading as another sign of what is likely to be coming our way over the next few years.
8 comments:
So is he going to ban the burka then? Or the black face masks as worn by the leftist rent-a-mob types?
Sobers - and pandemic masks or Keir Starmer masks presumably. I hope protesters don't start wearing burkas though, that would be mischievous.
It's also been pointed out that the technology is racist in its consequences, as it is far less accurate when dealing with darker skin.
M.J. correctly says that Sir Kia was a human rights lawyer, but he was also the diametric opposite. As DPP he was responsible for deciding who the state should take to court, and who gets away with stuff. He has retained the technical expertise, but never acquired the moral compass.
I've got a balaclava but I decline to wear a baseball cap. Fortunately we have a supply of free surgical masks we were given.
What else? Should I buy a modern motorcycle helmet?
All Marxists are like that, AKH.
Sam - voters should probably be more wary of voting for a professional advocate such as Sir Kia. As you say, he has retained the technical expertise, but never acquired the moral compass. We don't need an advocate who seems to be nothing else, at least professionally.
dearieme - a pair of flying goggles and a leather helmet could work just as well as a modern motorcycle helmet. Eccentric but not suspicious might be the look to go for.
James - and that's what Starmer still is.
For quite some time here in U.S. entering a bank with a face covering was highly frowned upon by the Feds and Understandably so.
Along came Covid and one couldn't go in without a face covering.
Highstump - our local petrol station has a notice about motorcyclists removing their helmets when entering the kiosk to pay, but when Covid came it was the same here, masks required. Any mask would do.
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