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AI-Based Vehicle Speed Estimation App Denounced by UK Drivers as Surveillance Technology
Speedcam Anywhere, an app allowing users to document and report traffic violations via AI-based videographic speed estimation of a vehicle, raised concerns for UK drivers about its capabilities for surveillance and abuse.
- Date it happened
- 2022-03-01
- Organisation involved
- Speedcam Anywhere
- Product, system or model
- Users of the app open Speedcam Anywhere when they hear a speeding car approaching and film the car passing. The app uses the number plate of the passing car to search the DVLA's public registration da
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