Hyderabad is the most surveilled city outside China — and India still has no law on facial recognition
- Hyderabad runs 79.4 CCTV cameras per 1,000 residents — the highest camera density of any city outside China, per Comparitech 2026.
- Delhi Police treats an 80% facial recognition match as a positive ID — per an RTI reply — despite telling the HC accuracy was 2% in 2018.
- India has no dedicated law governing facial recognition — the technology has been used at political protests, not just crime scenes.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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