High costs and knowledge gaps slowing wider rollout of LFR

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High costs and knowledge gaps slowing wider rollout of LFR

The use of live facial recognition technology has been subject to two separate legal challenges and was the basis of an independent study commissioned to look at its potential biases.

Date - 19th November 2023
By - Cash Boyle

The NPCC biometrics lead has admitted that there's still "a degree of nervousness" about using live facial recognition (LFR) technology, despite the fact that deployments are now subject to APP and legal issues have been...

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