# Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/trial-of-live-facial-recognition-in-london-stations-leads-to-a-false-positive-and-no-arrests/41078
**Category:** News
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**Created:** 2026-09-29T16:47:29Z
**Posts:** 4

## Post 1 by @ph00lt0 — 2026-09-29T16:47:29Z

> **[Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/29/trial-live-facial-recognition-cameras-london-stations-false-positive)**
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> Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert

> More than half a million faces were scanned

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## Post 2 by @fria — 2026-09-29T16:48:58Z

Amazing, I’m sure if they just put more cameras everywhere and burn more money it’ll work!

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## Post 3 by @ph00lt0 — 2026-09-29T16:49:51Z

Something something proportional

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## Post 4 by @approvalcartridge — 2026-09-30T10:22:56Z

But don’t you see? It is already working, because there were no crimes committed!

Onward, to the next reverse logic or self-fulfilling prophecy!