Big Brother Watch
Coverage of Big Brother Watch in the Nexus archive.
- Spies in the sky: how worried should we be about the arrival of AI-enabled smart lamp-posts?
Camera-equipped smart lamp-posts, such as Conflow Power Group's iLamps, are being developed in the UK with AI capabilities like gait analysis and suspicious behavior detection. The technology raises concerns from privacy advocates like Big Brother Watch, while the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has expressed support for a 'panopticon state' of constant surveillance.
- London cops bring live facial recognition to West End
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) will deploy live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in London's West End and Soho by year-end, following a Croydon pilot that resulted in 173 arrests and one false alert. Civil liberties group Big Brother Watch criticized the expansion, citing lack of parliamentary regulation and racial bias in the technology, referencing a case where a man was wrongly arrested due to a misidentification. The MPS highlighted budget constraints and rejected a Palantir contract due to controversy.
- Apple's New iPhone Update Is Restricting Internet Freedom in the UK
Apple's new iPhone update is alleged to restrict internet freedom in the UK, according to a report by Big Brother Watch. The article highlights concerns about potential government surveillance implications.