French national police accused of illegally using facial recognition (Briefcam)
Date: 2023-11
Affected: French public
Attack vector: data-exfiltration
Category: real-world
Severity: High

Investigations revealed France's national police had been using Briefcam video-analytics facial-recognition tools since 2015 without explicit legal basis, triggering a CNIL probe and political backlash over covert biometric surveillance.


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