'Live facial recognition is a dystopian mass surveillance technology which turns us all into walking ID cards,' one privacy group warned

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/3829409

Dark business. Why are the Brits so happy to just sit back and let this happen.

am british. its infuriating. a mass of the uninformed voting against the self interest for over a decade at this point.

“Torys fucking the country? Better vote for them again!”

Tb0n3
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The recent article about kids getting arrested for words and it’s positive reception should give you a hint.

They still have their monarchy

I’ve found its very common for Europeans to be under the dillusion that the govt is their friend, and has their best intentions in mind…

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Australia too. I’ll never understand it, and I live here.

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