Germany Tests Facial Recognition Technology at Rail Station
GERMANY TESTS FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AT RAIL
STATION
Aug 1, 7:23 AM EDT
BERLIN (AP) -- German authorities have launched a
six-month test of automatic facial recognition technology at a Berlin railway
station, which the country's top security official says could be used to
improve security in the future.
More than 200 people volunteered to have their names and
two photos stored for the project at Suedkreuz station, where three cameras
film an entrance and an escalator.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said in a statement
Tuesday "technical progress must not stop at our security services."
But Germans generally back strong data protection. Ulrich
Schellenberg, head of the German Bar Association, said "not everything
that is technically possible is something we want to do as a society."
It's not clear how officials will proceed after the test.
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