The AP has an interesting story about an FBI project in North Carolina that uses facial recognition software to comb through DMV records in search of possible matches for known suspects.
The AP has an interesting story about an FBI project in North Carolina that uses facial recognition software to comb through DMV records in search of possible matches for known suspects.
Randy says:
“Now states have quality photo machines and rules that prohibit drivers from smiling during the snapshot.”
Apparently, states have always had rules to take the least flattering photo possible.
October 14, 2009, 1:09 amSplunge says:
Well, who could object to catching double murderers?
And, after the system is in place, and the marginal cost of using it is zero, catching custody snatching ex-wives…deadbeat dads…tax cheats not nominated for Cabinet positions…people the local DA would like to prosecute to help out his re-election effort, ha ha just kidding of course…that would never happen…
October 14, 2009, 2:29 amMike says:
“In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver’s license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes.
“The project in North Carolina has already helped nab at least one suspect.
Millions of people wind up on a government database for one or two catches? Such is the nature of the surveillance society.
October 14, 2009, 4:07 amSteve says:
Millions of people wind up on a government database for one or two catches?
Nope, millions of people are already in a government database because they have driver’s licenses. There’s no new database being created.
October 14, 2009, 5:59 amPubliusFL says:
This is what happens when people take CSI seriously.
October 14, 2009, 9:42 amDaily Pundit » Wigging Out At the DMV says:
[...] The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Facial Recognition Software and DMV Records The AP has an interesting story about an FBI project in North Carolina that uses facial recognition software to comb through DMV records in search of possible matches for known suspects. [...]
October 14, 2009, 9:55 amSteve P says:
They ban smiling in Virginia DMV photos for the same reason.
October 14, 2009, 12:35 pmfwb says:
How about the facial recognition systems in relatively permanent use in NM at all border patrol checkpoints? Supposedly DEA stuff. Scan EVERY vehicle from multiple directions.
THEY will get you.
October 14, 2009, 12:59 pmLaura(southernxyl) says:
Let’s give people who are otherwise scofflaws a reason not to get driver licenses.
October 14, 2009, 1:48 pmfishbane says:
What happens to the economics of criminal enforcement when efforts like this, combine with ubiquitous public surveillance, brings capture rates for crimes committed in public much closer to “perfect”?
It has been noted by others (Friedman the younger, I believe, among others) that law implicitly trends towards efficient punishments based on enforcement constraints, as a way of keeping deterrence in place. So if your capture rate is 1 in 10, that one is going to be punished much more harshly than if it were 9 in 10.
So what happens to crimes for which the identification of a suspect could be essentially automated?
October 14, 2009, 2:38 pmWhiterain says:
Here’s FaceAether face recognition software of Taiwan.
October 23, 2009, 11:24 amhttp://www.brillertek.com/products_face.html
Look good to try.
May says:
FaceAether can login Windows with your unique face.
November 27, 2009, 3:23 am