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Can Face Recognition Keep Airports Safe? - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-275313.html
"As U.S. airports begin installing face-recognition systems to thwart terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, civil rights activists are rushing to decry the technology as ineffective and invasive." [CNet] |
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Face Recognition Technology a Proven Farce - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/01/04/face_recognition_technology_a_proven/
"Crowd surveillance kit using face recognition technology by Visionics has been a comic failure in tests by the Tampa, Florida police, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has discovered." By Thomas C. Greene. [Register] |
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HowStuffWorks: How Facial Recognition Systems Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/facial-recognition.htm
Article on FACEIT software, with pictures and links. |
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Up Close and Personal - http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2002/01/up_close.html
"High-tech identification devices could produce reams of data on law-abiding citizens--but may be useless in fighting terrorists." By Brendan I. Koerner. [Mother Jones] |
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Iceland Places Trust in Face-scanning - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1780150.stm
"Officials at Iceland's main airport say the face-recognition technology will help them improve security." By Emil Petrie. [BBC] |
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CNN.com - Joseph Atick: How the facial recognition security system works - October 1, 2001 - http://us.cnn.com/2001/COMMUNITY/10/01/atick/
Dr. Joseph Atick is a co-founder of Visionics Corporation, and currently serves as President and CEO. He and his colleagues have developed FaceIt face recognition, a biometric technology that can automatically detect and capture faces from security cameras and identify them against a database of known terrorists. He joined CNN.com chat room on Monday, October 01, 2001. |
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High-Tech Identity Checks - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/travel/07SHELF.html
Article on new tools for identifying people at airports. [New York Times] |
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In the Face of Terror - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A20852-2001Oct31
"Recognition Technology Spreads Quickly" By Robert O'Harrow Jr. [Washington Post] |
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A Face in the Crowd - http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2001/11/surveillance.html
"Is surveillance software turning police into Robocops?" By Julie Wakefield. [Mother Jones] |
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Guardian: Robocop - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4432506,00.htm
Article discussing the lack of effectiveness of a face recognition system installed in the London borough of Newham. |