UK Police Scan 500,000 Faces in Trial with Only One False Match
A UK trial involving the scanning of half a million faces resulted in no arrests and just one false positive alert.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 29 Sept 2026. Hacker News published first, on 29 September at 11:35 UTC; Times of India followed 40h 57m later. The most recent article, from Times of India, appeared on 1 October at 04:32 UTC.
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