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FBI Plans Nationwide Face-Recognition Trials In 2012

Posted by timothy on from the nationwide-in-select-states dept.

hessian writes with this excerpt: "The FBI by mid-January will activate a nationwide facial recognition service in select states that will allow local police to identify unknown subjects in photos, bureau officials told Nextgov. The federal government is embarking on a multiyear, $1 billion overhaul of the FBI's existing fingerprint database to more quickly and accurately identify suspects, partly through applying other biometric markers, such as iris scans and voice recordings."

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  1. Didn't .. by deimios666 · · Score: 5, Informative

    FaceBook Inc.already have that? Ah you mean the other FBI...

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  2. Re:LOL! American Freedom! by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Informative

    Glad I'm never going to set foot again in the US

    The US feels the same.

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  3. Re:LOL! American Freedom! by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not yet illegal to wear them in public,

    Actually, it is illegal to wear a mask in a demonstration in New York. That's why you're seeing so many of the protestors wearing the masks on the back of their heads instead of covering their faces.

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