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    • May 10, 2007

    Government Tests Face-Recognition Surveillance Systems

    Homeland Security leaders are exploring futuristic and possibly privacy-invading technology aimed at finding terrorists and criminals by using digital surveillance photos that analyze facial characteristics. The government is paying for some of the most advanced research into controversial face-recognition technology, which converts photos into numerical sequences that can be instantly compared with millions of photos in a database.

    Face recognition next in terror fight, USA Today, May 10, 2007.

    Posted by EPIC at May 10, 2007 10:59 AM
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