"The Department for Work and Pensions has gone shopping for covert cameras, live-streaming kit, and vehicle-based recording gear as it lines up a £2 million upgrade to watch fraud suspects in real time."
"Officials also want a control app that lets investigators tap into encrypted live feeds, steer cameras and trigger recordings from their own devices, turning what used to be film-now-review-later work into something closer to a remote-controlled stakeout."
"Civil liberties groups have, naturally, already taken aim at the growing use of covert monitoring in welfare enforcement, warning that filming people without their knowledge risks tipping into something more intrusive than the government admits."
The Department for Work and Pensions is investing £2 million in a live surveillance strategy to monitor fraud suspects. This includes covert cameras, live-streaming equipment, and vehicle-based recording systems. The technology aims to capture clear footage in various conditions and stream it to a central evidence system. Investigators will have access to a control app for real-time monitoring. The initiative raises concerns among civil liberties groups regarding privacy and the potential for intrusive surveillance in welfare enforcement.
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