EFF joined several UK civil liberties organizations in a letter urging Nottinghamshire Police to abandon plans for live facial recognition deployments. The groups argue that scanning passersby's faces to create biometric templates amounts to mass surveillance that treats everyone as a suspect and could deter people from ordinary activities like protesting or seeking medical help. They also object to reports that the technology could be aimed at minor offenses and at a watchlist including children as young as 11.
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