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Biometric Face Recognition At Your Local Mall
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."
"Automating enforcement is a tricky thing"
This is automated survailence. We are working on a robo mall cop but as you say, it's a tricky thing. The prototype blew away our board of directors and then threw itself down the stairwell. Of course the upside to that minor glitch is we now have more money to spend on the robots.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
You wear clothes in public, don't you?
Yes, but only because last time I tried not to, they put my face in their database.
But what if it's Lindsay Lohan doing the shoplifting?
No, I wasn't being serious, but thanks for asking!
With this attitude, anyone wanting to keep their privacy and basic rights is pretty much stuck at home -- with a tin foil hat.