CBC WINDSOR: Kristen Thomasen on surveillance camera facial recognition

CBC Windsor reports that Detroit police and the Detroit airport have started using facial recognition through their surveillance cameras — something critics have said amounts to mass profiling and an invasion of privacy.

In Windsor, with 20 new cameras being installed downtown, Windsor mayor Drew Dilkens said facial recognition isn’t on his radar right now.

Windsor Law Centre for Cities’ Prof Kristen Thomasen was interviewed for the story.

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