Moscow Deploys Facial Recognition to Spy on Citizens in Streets
- City hall will roll out technology from startup Ntechlab
- Technology testing provided evidence for detaining criminals
A security camera outside the entrance to Domodedovo Airport ZAO in Domodedovo, Russia, on April 21, 2017.
Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
Moscow is adding facial-recognition technology to its network of 170,000 surveillance cameras across the city in a move to identify criminals and boost security.
Since 2012, CCTV recordings have been held for five days after they’re captured, with about 20 million hours of video stored at any one time.