Singapore Plans to Test Lampposts Equipped With Face Recognition Surveillance Cameras

gizmodo.com 13 Apr '18, 2pm

Singapore Plans to Test Lampposts Equipped With Face Recognition Surveillance Cameras

Supertree grove at the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore Image: Wong May-E (AP ) Last year, Singapore announced that it wants to turn every lamppost in the country, around 110,000 in total, into a wireless sensor network . And seeming to confirm the worst fears of privacy advocates, Singapore now says it plans to test cameras capable of facial recognition as part of its pilot program. GovTech, the federal agency running the program, is currently soliciting bids from companies to build the “Lamppost-as-a-Platform” (LaaP) pilot. The pilot will launch in 2019 as part of Singapore’s Smart Nation project, with a full rollout coming afterwards. “As part of the LaaP trial, we are testing out various kinds of sensors on the lampposts, including cameras that can support backend facial recognition capabilities,” a GovTech spokesperson told Reuters. “These capabilities may be used for ...

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