No Face-Scanning Tech at San Diego Super Bowl

Posted by timothy on Monday January 20, 2003 @09:32AM from the but-only-terrorists-want-privacy dept.

b3n writes "From our local paperspace fishwrap this article (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/ business/news_mz1b20snoope.html) ... "San Diego police have rejected the use of a controversial face-scanning technology for Sunday's Super Bowl, saying it's too costly and ineffective. Face-scanning technology that compares faces in a crowd with digital photos of criminals, fugitives and suspected terrorists gained national attention and sparked an outcry when it was used at the 2001 Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla.""

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who need machines? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-20 10:15 · Score: -1, Troll

Any cop can spot a terrorist: just detain the Arab-looking guys with beards, they're probably terrorists.

That's probably about as accurate as the face-scanning machine, and about as logical.