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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."

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  1. Re:It all comes down to what you do with it by laederkeps · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.