SkydiveJonathan 0 #1 September 7, 2012 http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528804.200-fbi-launches-1-billion-face-recognition-project.html Tests in 2010 showed that the best algorithms can pick someone out in a pool of 1.6 million mugshots 92 per cent of the time. It's possible to match a mugshot to a photo of a person who isn't looking at the camera too. Algorithms such as one developed by Marios Savvides's lab at Carnegie Mellon can analyse features of a front and side view set of mugshots, create a 3D model of the face, rotate it as much as 70 degrees to match the angle of the face in the photo, and then match the new 2D image with a fairly high degree of accuracy. The most difficult faces to match are those in low light. Merging photos from visible and infrared spectra can sharpen these images, but infrared cameras are still very expensive. Of course, it is easier to match up posed images and the FBI has already partnered with issuers of state drivers' licences for photo comparison. Jay Stanley of the American Civil Liberties Union urges caution: "Once you start plugging this into the FBI database, it becomes tantamount to a national photographic database." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphid 0 #2 September 8, 2012 Orwell only messed up the time-line. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 September 8, 2012 Pfft... We already did it ourselves on Facebook.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #4 September 8, 2012 QuotePfft... We already did it ourselves on Facebook. You're right! More and more, law enforcement is turning to 'social media' to catch bad guys. Crooks, being the mental giants they are, actually post their crimes on you-tube! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #5 September 8, 2012 QuotePfft... We already did it ourselves on Facebook. And they have not hidden their cooperation with the GOV. MattAn Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #6 September 8, 2012 QuoteOrwell only messed up the time-line. "If you've done nothing wrong, you've nothing to worry about". Mantra of police states everywhere.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 801 #7 September 8, 2012 Something tells me a bunch of us already have a 'file'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphid 0 #8 September 8, 2012 QuoteQuoteOrwell only messed up the time-line. "If you've done nothing wrong, you've nothing to worry about". Mantra of police states everywhere. You might find this of interest: http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/the-data-trust-blog/2009/02/debunking-a-myth-if-you-have-n.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #9 September 8, 2012 QuoteQuoteQuoteOrwell only messed up the time-line. "If you've done nothing wrong, you've nothing to worry about". Mantra of police states everywhere. You might find this of interest: http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/the-data-trust-blog/2009/02/debunking-a-myth-if-you-have-n.html I like the guy who wrote the 1800 word comment to a 1000 word web article. That aside, a pretty good summary of the problems. "Continuity, context, and control" are really all getting at the same thing; as a lump of personal information grows so too, inevitably, does the number of people with access to it and the number of bad ideas people get for it. "Consistency" is my greater concern, though, as people have a tendency to pick a source of information, fall in love with it, and grow to see it as infallible. And if an error does occur in the information about you, you're not going to find out from someone who has any motivation to correct it or help you correct it. Ever have a debt collector think your cell phone number belonged to someone they were going after? Ugh... literally years to sort out while your number gets sold along with the debt to every company in the business one by one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davjohns 1 #10 September 9, 2012 The civil confiscation laws are what concern me. It no longer matters if you have something to hide. Do you have something worth taking? We'll find an accusation to support taking it. Especially once we watch you through your computer camera without your knowledge and monitor your facebook for any comments you make that we can use to describe you as mentally unstable. I hate to sound paranoid, but there are various roads converging that I don't like the looks of.I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet.. But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #11 September 9, 2012 QuoteThe civil confiscation laws are what concern me. It no longer matters if you have something to hide. Do you have something worth taking? We'll find an accusation to support taking it. Especially once we watch you through your computer camera without your knowledge and monitor your facebook for any comments you make that we can use to describe you as mentally unstable. I hate to sound paranoid, but there are various roads converging that I don't like the looks of. THIS^^^^^^ Meh, but 'Mericun sheeple will take this lying down just like everything else the goobermint is doing to us. What's new?My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
