100 Arrested In New York Thanks To Better Face-Recognition Technology (arstechnica.com)

New York doubled the number of "measurement points" used by their facial recognitation technology this year, leading to 100 arrests for fraud and identity theft, plus another 900 open cases. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In all, since New York implemented facial recognition technology in 2010, more than 14,000 people have been hampered trying to get multiple licenses. The newly upgraded system increases the measurement points of a driver's license picture from 64 to 128.

The DMV said this vastly improves its chances of matching new photographs with one already in a database of 16 million photos... "Facial recognition plays a critical role in keeping our communities safer by cracking down on individuals who break the law," Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a statement. "New York is leading the nation with this technology, and the results from our use of this enhanced technology are proof positive that its use is vital in making our roads safer and holding fraudsters accountable."
At least 39 US states use some form of facial recognition software, and New York says their new system also "removes high-risk drivers from the road," stressing that new licenses will no longer be issued until a photo clears their database.

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Because everyone driving has a license.

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its use is vital in making our roads safer

and New York says their new system also "removes high-risk drivers from the road," stressing that new licenses will no longer be issued until a photo clears their database.

Because no one has ever driven without a license. Especially those 'high risk drivers'.

Big data is gonna kill small crime

[rsilvergun]

I'm seeing this is just about every form of crime outside of petty theft among the poor (e.g. when they keep it in their own neighborhood so nobody can be arsed to investigate). Give it another 10-20 years and the only crimes left will be the occasional breakin at some poor slobs apartment that nets $100 bucks worth of junk, a few crimes of passion and the legal crime Wallstreet does because we don't have the bollocks to regulate anymore.

Re:Big data is gonna kill small crime

[SeattleLawGuy]

I'm seeing this is just about every form of crime outside of petty theft among the poor (e.g. when they keep it in their own neighborhood so nobody can be arsed to investigate). Give it another 10-20 years and the only crimes left will be the occasional breakin at some poor slobs apartment that nets $100 bucks worth of junk, a few crimes of passion and the legal crime Wallstreet does because we don't have the bollocks to regulate anymore.

"A few" crimes of passion? Spend one day in a courtroom listening to domestic violence cases. Big data can help fight crime, but crime isn't going away without more profound societal changes. Fundamentally, we need to create enough legal opportunity for everyone, we need to raise people better, we need to provide much better social training to everyone, and that's just a part of it. Big data can help with that, but it's not going to magically "solve" crime by helping you arrest people.

Re:I don't feel safer

[GerryGilmore]

I call 100% Organic, dolphin-free Bullshit! Name one place in America where you are allowed to have your DL photo taken while wearing a mask because of SHARIA!! (Boogety-boogety...) You can't, because your paranoia has you blinded.

Re:Marriage or transgender?

[knorthern knight]

> Here are two good ones:
> 1) transgender person preparing for transition should be able to get a new
> license for their post-transition gender with gender-appropriate name
2) person who has legally changed their name should be able to get a new license with their new name

Errrr, uhmmm; A person comes in with a valid driver's licence under name "A", *AND TURNS IT IN TO BE REPLACED* with a driver's licence under name "B" is not a problem. It's the people who've had their licence taken away for DWI, or who want to fraudulently pose as somebody else that are the problem.