A facial recognition system will be installed at nine border crossings in Russia. Cost point: almost a billion rubles (about 12.7 million euros). Many Russians are now angry – because facial recognition cameras have already been used to send men to the front.
That writes the independent Russian online portal “Poligon media”. The devices would “automatically analyze faces” and compare them against all the information recorded in the biometric database. They must be in use at the borders with China, Poland, Lithuania and Kazakhstan from the end of 2023 at the latest. For what purpose, however, no one wants to reveal so far.
From the subway to the front
As the BBC reports, conscripts have already been sent directly from the metro to the conscription office in the Russian capital. They had previously been identified by a camera. There were even special “raids”. For this, police officers would have blocked the exits of the subway and would only allow passengers to leave after a special check. In one case you could even get advice from the police officers.
Accordingly, one should not take the subway and if so, then only with mouth and nose protection and a hat – so that the cameras do not register anything. However, one expert pointed out that the systems were so advanced that they had already recognized people wearing motorcycle helmets.
The facial recognition system has been in use on the Moscow metro since autumn 2020. With his help, the authorities were also able to detect violations of the Corona requirements, for example.
Sneaky tactics at protests
Facial recognition systems are also used during protests. For example, according to “Meduza”, the Russian authorities asked for a peaceful meeting between the participants before a support campaign by the opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
However, the peace did not last long and “revenge” came out of the ambush: using facial recognition systems, the demonstrators could be located afterwards and held accountable.
Source: Krone
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