Category Archives: Facial Recognition

Aug 09
2020

The Atlas of Surveillance

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Cloak Meister

This is brilliant, a zoomable map of the USA that shows which surveillance technologies are being used in each city. https://atlasofsurveillance.org/ It shows: body-worn cameras police drones automated license plate readers partnership with Amazon’s Ring face recognition surveillance cameras predictive … Continue reading →

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Aug 02
2020

China’s Surveillance Spreading Globally

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Cloak Meister

The following excerpt is from an excellent article by The Atlantic, that also goes into great detail about how bad things are within China. In Malaysia, the government is working with Yitu, a Chinese AI start-up, to bring facial-recognition technology … Continue reading →

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Jul 14
2018

Regulating Facial Recognition

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Cloak Meister

While privacy laws around such thinks as spam email have evolved alongside the technological advancements, the same cannot be said about real world privacy. Current laws were drafted when hand-held video cameras had poor resolution, before surveillance cameras were everywhere, … Continue reading →

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Jun 19
2014

DNA Reveals Facial Features

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Cloak Meister

Until now DNA has help solved crimes by matching samples found at the scene with those taken from a suspect. In some cases DNA has been used to determine racial background and hair color. But now a big leap has … Continue reading →

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Nov 21
2012

FaceFirst Knows You Instantly

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Mr Cloak

Police units in the USA are starting to use software developed by FaceFirst. The ability of the software has been predicted by futurists and depicted in movies and TV for quite some time – but now it is reality. In … Continue reading →

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