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JP: Privacy concerns surround Osaka Station facial recognition experiment

Posted on February 6, 2014 by pogowasright.org

The Asahi Shimbun reports:

An experiment that will monitor people through facial recognition technology at a commercial complex centered around JR Osaka Station is raising eyebrows over privacy concerns.

The two-year project, which starts in April, will use 90 cameras to track selected individuals for about a week as they pass through Osaka Station City, one of the largest commercial facilities in western Japan.

Read more on Asahi Shimbun.

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