WA Police are using live facial recognition technology to help identify and arrest criminals, with significant results.
It also stated that 45% of people surveyed consider facial recognition technology the biggest privacy risk they face today – an increase from 27% in 2023.
“You’d want to probably avoid any use of facial analysis, so using facial recognition technology to determine if someone walking down the street is angry or aggressive.”
Despite the Federal Government responding positively to the release of the Model Law, Lauren says it hasn’t been implemented into legislation.
As facial recognition technology becomes more widespread, the challenge will be deciding where the line between public safety and personal privacy should be drawn.