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Articles By Fraser Sampson

Professor Fraser Sampson is a longtime Biometric Update columnist. He is the former UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Professor of Governance and National Security at CENTRIC, non-executive director at Facewatch, strategic advisor to the Alan Turing Institute's Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS). He is also the author of the Springer Nature book How AI-Driven Surveillance is Changing our World: Do Robots Have the Right to Remain Silent?, which explores the legal, ethical and societal implications of AI-driven surveillance.

 

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…

 

Do robots have the right to remain silent? Ask Miranda

By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner You do not have to say anything.  The inexhaustible appeal…

 

Explainable AI: A question of evolution?

By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Since the dawn of technology, we were on speaking terms…

 

AI is coming to policing – accountability is coming with it

By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Accountability is about people with power using it properly and…

 

Policing and facial recognition: What’s stopping them?

By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner “If it’s legal and it works, what’s stopping them?”  Police…

 

Facial recognition and perpetrator focus – a culture shift

By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Focus on the perpetrator. That was the message from the…

 

Convenience or security – which came first?

By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner The use of biometrics in law enforcement is often characterized…

 

Emerging technology and emergency surveillance or vice versa?

By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner In a recent Biometric Update article I illustrated how the…

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