Three cameras were installed at the Sükreuz train station in Berlin, enabling the biometric identification of persons considered as dangerous by the authority. The project is designed to prevent terrorism.

The cameras, connected to a computer system, are intended to detect suspicious persons that are in the database. The system is to be tested for 6 months.
The developers believe that the system will allow to effectively prevent terroristic attacks and other forms of crime.

Three hundred people attended the tests, whose biometric and personal data were entered into the database. When the camera identifies a person in the database, the system will automatically responds and warn of a danger.

The project has been criticized by personal data inspectors who claim that it is against the law and is an unauthorized social control. However, more than 70% of citizens consider this type of surveillance as a necessary and positive thing, even at the expense of losing one’s privacy.