Facial Recognition Technology Used by Police in Hyderabad to Enforce COVID-19 Policy

Facial Recognition Technology Used by Police in Hyderabad to Enforce COVID-19 Policy

After a pair of Islamist bombings rocked the south-central Indian city of Hyderabad in 2013, officials rushed to install 5,000 CCTV cameras to bolster security. Now there are nearly 700,000 in and around the metropolis. The most striking symbol of the city’s rise as a surveillance hotspot is the gleaming…