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Biometric Face Recognition At Your Local Mall

Posted by samzenpus on from the sunglass-and-disguise-hut dept.

dippityfisch writes "The Sydney Morning Herald reports that face recognition is being considered at Westfield's Sydney mall to catch offenders. The identification system matches images captured by surveillance cameras to an existing database of faces. Police said they could not comment on the center's intentions, but would welcome any move to improve security and technology in the area."

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  1. Re:Solution? by cstacy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In many jurisdictions (such as mine), wearing a mask in public (except in inclement weather, or as required by a medical condition) is a criminal act in itself.

    Yes, that's a crime where I live in the US (Virginia, and probably in Maryland and DC - not sure). However, the other exception is that you can claim a religous purpose. However, it may only be Islam -- no other religions are exempted!

    (Which I think is a load of PC-oh-dear-give-the-Muslims-special-rights crap, and unacceptable, obviously).