It turns out that Amazon's AI surveillance system was installed at major UK train stations without public notice



It has been discovered that a surveillance system using Amazon's AI was in operation at a major train station in the UK. The surveillance system automatically recognized the faces of people photographed by the camera and read their age, emotions, etc.

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Wired - UK train stations trialled Amazon emotion detection that could feed you ads — Big Brother Watch
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/wired-eight-uk-train-stations-trialled-amazon-emotion-detection-that-could-feed-you-adverts/

Cameras using Amazon AI analyzed emotions of train travelers in the UK | TechSpot
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Big Brother Watch , a group opposed to government surveillance and censorship, requested documents from Network Rail , the public company that manages the UK's railway network, regarding the surveillance system. As a result, they were able to obtain a report from Network Rail on the effectiveness of the surveillance system.

Analysis of the report revealed that 'Amazon's AI-based surveillance system' was in operation at eight stations in the UK, including London's Euston and Waterloo stations. The surveillance system automatically recognized the faces of station users and read their 'age', 'gender' and 'emotions'. In addition, the surveillance system used AI to detect 'intruders on the tracks', 'crowding on the platform' and 'anti-social behaviour such as running, shouting, skateboarding and smoking'.




In addition, Network Rail has suggested that it may provide information obtained from the surveillance system to advertisers. Jake Hurfurt , head of research at Big Brother Watch, said, 'Network Rail has no right to deploy untrusted emotion recognition technology on unsuspecting passengers. It is disturbing that a public agency has deployed a large-scale experiment with Amazon's AI system without informing the public,' criticizing Network Rail for not informing them enough and for adopting a facial recognition system.

In addition, discussions regarding privacy regarding security and safety systems that use facial recognition are ongoing around the world, and in Japan, the Personal Information Protection Commission has compiled a document titled 'On the use of camera systems with facial recognition functions for crime prevention and safety' to inform people of points to keep in mind when introducing facial recognition systems.

Use of face recognition camera systems for crime prevention and safety List of documents | Personal Information Protection Commission
https://www.ppc.go.jp/news/camera_related/



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