In the UK the policing minister plans to 'integrate data from the police national database (PND), the Passport Office and other national databases to help police find a match with the “click of one button”' [0].
It becomes very difficult to escape mass surveillance via facial recognition if passport (and presumably soon drivers license) photos are used.
It becomes very difficult to escape mass surveillance via facial recognition if passport (and presumably soon drivers license) photos are used.
[0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/06/mps-and-p...