Who cares about facial recognition?

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Tech News, News, Technology

4.4 • 221 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Two new surveys suggest cautious public attitudes in the US and UK towards the tech. Plus, the autumn mobile device launch season is upon us. We check out the news from the IFA electronics show in Berlin and look forward to the wave of new handsets set to be released in the coming weeks. And, would you report to your employer a colleague who you suspected was stealing company data? Presented by Zoe Kleinman, with BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield, and special guests Stuart Miles from Pocket-lint and Marta Pinto from research firm IDC.

(Image: Stock photo of a woman using facial recognition on a smartphone, Credit: iStock/ Getty Images Plus).

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0:44.1	in tech. We've got a studio bursting with gadget enthusiasts this week. I'm looking at you,
0:49.3	Marta Pinto, research manager at IDC. Hi. And Stuart Miles, founder of the review site, Pocket Lints.
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1:00.6	We're going to be talking about the big mobile devices revealed at the EFA show in Berlin
1:04.8	and those coming out in the next few weeks.
1:07.0	Plus, we'll find out how people in the US and the UK feel about facial recognition.
1:12.2	Also with us is BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield.
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