I had an interesting argument with a coworker the other day and I thought I'd see what Hatrack thinks.
We were discussing face recognition software that they are developing for ID'ing criminals, terrorists, etc. at stadiums, airports and other large crowds.
Mark maintains that face recognition software is an invasion of privacy and should be considered similar to illegal search and seizure.
I believe it is no different than giving officers working a crowd pictures or photos of suspects they should be looking for. I don't see a difference between a cop scanning a crowd and identifying someone and a computer doing it.
Posted by Law Maker (Member # 5909) on :
My opinion: If you're going out and showing your face to anyone that may walk past (be it human, camera, or computer) it isn't invasion of privacy.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
No, I don't think it's an invasion of privacy when it is limited to looking up people that are being searched for.
The equivelent of posting someone's headshot in a post office.
I don't want it used, however, to build a database.
Is the technology to the point it is even possible yet?
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Not in practical use. Miami Beach, I think it was, had a trial of these. It failed miserably. No accurate positives, lots of false positives, many of them ridiculous.
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
National Geographic had a really interesting article on face recognition software and the overall monitoring of society an issue or two back. It was very interesting and enlightening.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
I'll have to look for that article, Sopwith. We have a subscription, but my reading time has been somewhat curtailed the last couple of months. I'm a bit behind.