The London Riots and Facial Recognition Technology

nonprofiteer writes "A bunch of vigilantes are organizing a Google Group dedicated to using recently revealed facial recognition tools to identify looters in the London riots. While Vancouver discussed doing something similar after the Stanley Cup riots, the city never actually moved forward on it. Ring of Steel London, though, is far more likely to incorporate FRT into its investigative work." A related article points out how development of face-recognition technology has been kept under wraps by some organizations, but we're getting to the point where it'll soon be ubiquitous.

Comments

Re:Really? Vigilantes?

[kraut]

Great, I'll try that. I'll start by thinking of your money as mine.

Re:Talking is not Doing!

[drinkypoo]

Perhaps you should take lessons from us instead? no? the NRA and tea party nut jobs wont let you? That's a shame.

We already took lessons from you. Our cops kill our citizens all the time. The difference is that in our country you can theoretically shoot back, which might make them a LITTLE less likely to open up on a crowd. Of course, most people who carry guns don't go to riots. They're busy trying to stay OUT of trouble. Meanwhile, you still seem to have gun crime. Further, your government is even more repressive than ours. How's not being armed working out for you in your 1984-esque surveillance society?