Should police AI have discretion?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner “Discretion is the art of suiting action to circumstance –…
Articles By Fraser Sampson
Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner, is Professor of Governance and National Security at CENTRIC and Non-Executive Director at Facewatch.
Caution urged as UK supermarkets check out facial recognition
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner In the same week the UK Prime Minister said shoplifting…
Can AI predict who will commit crime?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Will AI be able to tell us who is going…
Surveillance, identity and the right to go missing
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Do we have a right to go missing? The global…
Do the police ever forget a face?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner There is a neurological condition called prosopagnosia which the National Center…
Biometrics are the key to unlocking nuclear power
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner The world is racing towards a new nuclear future in…
Ducking ID fraud: An ABC for beating cyber-scammers
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner You know the saying: “If it looks like a duck,…
Will change in the White House sound a different tune for AI-driven biometrics in law enforcement
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Flowing directly from the President’s pen, the Executive Order (EO)…
Revealed: the world’s most surveilled cities of 2024?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner What was the most surveilled city in the world last…
Chinese spycams back under the tree?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner He knows if you’ve been good or bad – but…
