Interpol Pushing World Facial Recognition Database

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 20, 2008 @05:57AM from the here's-lookin-at-you dept.

The Register is reporting that according to some reports, Interpol will soon be pushing for a world-wide facial recognition database at the borders of all member nations. "The UK already has airport gates equipped with such technology, intended to remove the need for a human border guard to check that a passenger's face matches the one recorded in his or her passport. According to the Guardian, Interpol database chief Mark Branchflower believes that his organization should set up a database of facial-recognition records to operate alongside its existing photo, fingerprint and DNA files."

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A big book of faces.. by onion2k · 2008-10-20 05:59 · Score: 5, Insightful

A big database, kind of like a 'book', of everyone's face? Maybe with a stack of personal information? And make it really hard to take your details off?
Like we'd ever fall for that!

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Re:There Already Is One by bill_mcgonigle · 2008-10-20 06:26 · Score: 5, Insightful

"Arrest him! On Facebook it says he's a Libertarian. We can't have these free-thinkers running around!"
Once upon a time commitment to American principles made one a patriot. Now blind support of all government policies is required.

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