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| Subject: OZschwitz lawyers warn facial recognition regime could target jaywalkers, litterbugs Wed May 02, 2018 10:15 pm | |
| Lawyers have warned the federal government's proposed identity-matching regime could target jaywalkers and litterbugs while making Australians vulnerable to a Chinese-style surveillance system with few safeguards.
Under a measure agreed by the states and territories last year, facial recognition and identity data will be shared between all levels of government in a bid to thwart identity fraud, organised crime and terrorism activities.
But it has been criticised by the Law Council of Australia, the peak body for lawyers, which fears the so-called "central interoperability hub" could be used to target petty offenders and establish widespread surveillance.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/lawyers-warn-peter-dutton-s-facial-recognition-regime-could-target-jaywalkers-litterbugs-20180502-p4zczc.html |
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