Delhi’s mass surveillance: track 50 million faces, identify them in five seconds
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Delhi's mass surveillance system, known as the Safe City Project, has the capability to track and identify over 50 million faces within a five-second timeframe. This system, costing Rs 857 crore, is built with AI and facial recognition technology. The databases it searches include Police Clearance Certificate, Electoral Photo Identity Card, Vahan, Sarathi, and more.
The system was deployed by NEC and Awiros, with NEC serving as the system integrator. Police officials can locate individuals through their voter ID, driver's license, vehicle registration certificate, and even if they are tenants or domestic workers. A recent incident involved a man who rammed a vehicle into the legislative assembly's barricade and fled, but was later stopped and detained by the police, aided by the surveillance system.
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