A Berlin train station is to trial facial recognition technology in its security cameras
The trial will involve 300 volunteers who have submitted a photo for the cameras to try and spot them.
A train station in Berlin is to begin testing new levels of security through its surveillance cameras, by trialling the use of facial recognition technology.
The city’s Sudkreuz station will use specialised cameras to film one entrance and escalator leading to the platform, and will attempt to identify around 300 people who have volunteered to take part in the trial.
It will then attempt to identify them as they enter and exit the station, with each of the subjects also carrying a location transmitter to help confirm if the computer program has successfully identified those in the test.
Privacy advocates in the country have expressed concerns over the technology should a future rollout be considered, but according to German news site Der Tagesspiegel, areas in the station where the specialist cameras will film have been marked for those who wish to avoid them during the test.
