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Kaito said:
Facial Recognition Cameras being rolled out by the Metropolitan police across London.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/27/facial-recognition-cameras-technology-police

What a bloody disgrace, and the reality of '1984' and a Dystopian world is now very much with us. China uses the same technology to maintain an iron like grip on its citizens and we are going to be subjected to much the same snooping here. The Met police 'assure us' that their only intention is to catch criminals and terrorists and the average citizen has nothing to fear. Oh really.

This is all about power and control and many innocent people are going to get caught up in it. Protestors, climate activists and other decent people will find themselves on police and anti-terrorist databases just by exercising their right to object. These people will be the first to be lifted when the government want to crack down on perfectly legal protests, just because they see them as a threat to their authority.

What has happened to our right to privacy? Who the hell are these people that they think they have the right to monitor and record people just going about their lawful daily business? It's outrageous that any government should allow this to happen, let alone instigate it, but when you have an arse wipe such as Priti Patel as Home Secretary I guess we have to expect this kind of thing.

Well Mr Metropolitan policeman you can shove your London cameras up your arse and take a packet of **** off tablets while you are at it.
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And there lies the problem, no one believes them when they say this.

It would be nice to think that it was just a useful tool to catch the baddies and that the saying "if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear" would be true in this case. But the police have previous of misusing their powers and even quite recently the "terrorist list" compiled by the police incuded a number of non terrorist organisations.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...emist-ideology-police-prevent-scheme-guidance
This is an excerpt from the article above;
"It says that issues to look out for include people who speak in “strong or emotive terms about environmental issues like climate change, ecology, species extinction, fracking, airport expansion or pollution”.

There are other incidents of police using the terrorist laws to hold people who are not connected to terrorism in any way.

Although this example is not connected to face recognition, it does show how some police forces can abuse powers and treat people appaulingly
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-51255287
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Kaito said:
Facial Recognition Cameras being rolled out by the Metropolitan police across London.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/27/facial-recognition-cameras-technology-police

What a bloody disgrace, and the reality of '1984' and a Dystopian world is now very much with us. China uses the same technology to maintain an iron like grip on its citizens and we are going to be subjected to much the same snooping here. The Met police 'assure us' that their only intention is to catch criminals and terrorists and the average citizen has nothing to fear. Oh really.

This is all about power and control and many innocent people are going to get caught up in it. Protestors, climate activists and other decent people will find themselves on police and anti-terrorist databases just by exercising their right to object. These people will be the first to be lifted when the government want to crack down on perfectly legal protests, just because they see them as a threat to their authority.

What has happened to our right to privacy? Who the hell are these people that they think they have the right to monitor and record people just going about their lawful daily business? It's outrageous that any government should allow this to happen, let alone instigate it, but when you have an arse wipe such as Priti Patel as Home Secretary I guess we have to expect this kind of thing.

Well Mr Metropolitan policeman you can shove your London cameras up your arse and take a packet of **** off tablets while you are at it.
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The part about it being clearly signposted made me laugh. I bet the sign is right under the camera so it gets a nice clear shot of your face while you read the warning.
 
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StJabbo1 said:
Another, some might say, ignominious anniversary the invasion of Australia, arrival of the First Fleet in January 26 1788
https://www.welcometocountry.org/au...Usm3jVEgq25EB4e0U-UNOVaOBCQrCVGo0LcKtiPPFDLsU
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Obviously can't 'like' it StJ. ****ing awful. When I lived in New Zealand I heard about treatment of the Maoris during the early colonization years. Kiwis are rightly ashamed of that era, in those respects, and by and large have tried hard to right those historical errors. Can't exactly say the same for Aussies, although there is a movement in Australia that calls for reparation for Aboriginals.
 
After that video I posted the other day involving Trump and his cronies talking utter nonsense via a camera/mic that was left turned on, here's Trump being interviewed at his most alert and smartest. Thankfully, I was slightly prepared for something like this so I swallowed my coffee before hitting the start button. If you're imbibing a beverage, perhaps it's better if you do too:

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TheSecondStain said:
After that video I posted the other day involving Trump and his cronies talking utter nonsense via a camera/mic that was left turned on, here's Trump being interviewed at his most alert and smartest. Thankfully, I was slightly prepared for something like this so I swallowed my coffee before hitting the start button. If you're imbibing a beverage, perhaps it's better if you do too:

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Clearly the Labour Party is missing a trick and should elect an idiot as its next leader

Also, Jared Kushner releases Middle East Peace Plan ... Err, what? ... Is this an episode of the Apprentice?
 
Farked19 said:
Labour just tried that and it didn't work. However the Tories doing it worked a treat.
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Somebody said to me the other day that, if you take both party leaders at face value, and know nothing of politics or each party leader's motivations, then Buffoon is more likeable than Jeremy. He has the common touch, apparently.

I suppose I might grudgingly understand that.
 
Another 180 by the incompetent incumbents. UK citizens brought back from China will be quarantined instead of having to find their own way home and self impose isolation. Prairie hats doing cunning stunts or what?
 
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