• FBI launches $1 billion face recognition project
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[QUOTE]The Next Generation Identification programme will include a nationwide database of criminal faces and other biometrics "FACE recognition is 'now'," declared Alessandro Acquisti of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in a testimony before the US Senate in July. It certainly seems that way. As part of an update to the national fingerprint database, the FBI has begun rolling out facial recognition to identify criminals. It will form part of the bureau's long-awaited, $1 billion Next Generation Identification (NGI) programme, which will also add biometrics such as iris scans, DNA analysis and voice identification to the toolkit. A handful of states began uploading their photos as part of a pilot programme this February and it is expected to be rolled out nationwide by 2014. In addition to scanning mugshots for a match, FBI officials have indicated that they are keen to track a suspect by picking out their face in a crowd. Another application would be the reverse: images of a person of interest from security cameras or public photos uploaded onto the internet could be compared against a national repository of images held by the FBI. An algorithm would perform an automatic search and return a list of potential hits for an officer to sort through and use as possible leads for an investigation. Ideally, such technological advancements will allow law enforcement to identify criminals more accurately and lead to quicker arrests. But privacy advocates are worried by the broad scope of the FBI's plans. They are concerned that people with no criminal record who are caught on camera alongside a person of interest could end up in a federal database, or be subject to unwarranted surveillance. The FBI's Jerome Pender told the Senate in July that the searchable photo database used in the pilot studies only includes mugshots of known criminals. But it's unclear from the NGI's privacy statement whether that will remain the case once the entire system is up and running or if civilian photos might be added, says attorney Jennifer Lynch of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The FBI was unable to answer New Scientist's questions before the magazine went to press. The FBI hasn't shared details of the algorithms it is using, but its technology could be very accurate if applied to photographs taken in controlled situations such as passport photos or police shots. 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] [URL="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528804.200-fbi-launches-1-billion-face-recognition-project.html"]SOURCE[/URL]
code a gooey in visual basic to track a face
And then the conspiracy crowd went wild.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;37588405]And then the conspiracy crowd went wild.[/QUOTE] To be fair if the fucking sun rises the conspiracy world flies off the handle.
[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;37588420]To be fair if the fucking sun rises the conspiracy world flies off the handle.[/QUOTE] this article is a set up fbis already at mind reading level tech dude its a set up a ploy DONT BELIEVE THEMM!!
Couldn't someone still mess this up to a certain extent by wearing colored contacts or changing their voice pitch?
[QUOTE=MrBob1337;37588455]Couldn't someone still mess this up to a certain extent by wearing colored contacts or changing their voice pitch?[/QUOTE] Face recognition system. Change voice. Sure why the fuck not.
[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;37588469]Face recognition system. Change voice. Sure why the fuck not.[/QUOTE] that and eye color would really barely do shit because you still have you know [B]a face that's EXACTLY the same[/B]
[QUOTE=J!NX;37588477]that and eye color would really barely do shit because you still have you know [B]a face that's EXACTLY the same[/B][/QUOTE] About the only defence against that would be a full face transplant and a bad movie plot.
[QUOTE=J!NX;37588477]that and eye color would really barely do shit because you still have you know [B]a face that's EXACTLY the same[/B][/QUOTE] walk around with a surprised face all the time
[QUOTE=SatansSin;37588495]walk around with a surprised face all the time[/QUOTE] [img]http://iseeahappyface.com/upload/funny_peter_griffin_family_guy.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=SatansSin;37588495]walk around with a surprised face all the time[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;2IBfZTeo_AU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IBfZTeo_AU[/video] skull face
Recognizing your face is only the first step to stealing it.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;37588553]Recognizing your face is only the first step to stealing it.[/QUOTE] you wouldn't download a face
[QUOTE=Maloof?;37588650]you wouldn't download a face[/QUOTE] Soon you'll be able to buy celebrities faces.
Face recognicion as passwords. Steal my data now, punk.
[QUOTE=lapsus_;37590216]Face recognicion as passwords. Steal my data now, punk.[/QUOTE] Print off a picture of your face and hold it up against the camera :v:
[QUOTE=lapsus_;37590216]Face recognicion as passwords. Steal my data now, punk.[/QUOTE] They will simply decapitate you :v:
a waste of money
[QUOTE=lapsus_;37590216]Face recognicion as passwords. Steal my data now, punk.[/QUOTE] wait until you get on then beat the fuck out of you and steal your data didn't think of that one did you.
huh I feel like the CIA or the NSA would be doing something related to that..maybe I'm wrong, but cool!
[QUOTE=J!NX;37588477]that and eye color would really barely do shit because you still have you know [B]a face that's EXACTLY the same[/B][/QUOTE] [img]http://mommyinlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nose-moustache-glasses.jpg[/img] [editline]8th September 2012[/editline] Problem solved
[QUOTE=AnalAnnihilator;37593352][img]http://mommyinlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nose-moustache-glasses.jpg[/img] [editline]8th September 2012[/editline] Problem solved[/QUOTE] what if you actually looked like that
Im not saying it's a good thing but we all knew this would come. It doesnt take a "conspiracy nut" to realize and see our rights, liberties, privacy, etc.) are slowly being taken away from us.
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