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Privateness advocates poop on UK supermarkets facial recognition system

The Southern Co-op grocery retailer's use of facial recognition to reduce crime has sparked issues that it should wrongly flag risk free other folks as criminals.
The Southern Co-op supermarket's use of facial recognition to reduce crime has sparked concerns that it could wrongly flag innocent people as criminals.

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Author: Thenextweb

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