Face-recognition technology spots impostor arriving at Dulles airport

[proboardslol]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/face-recognition-technology-spots-impostor-arriving-at-dulles-government-says/2018/10/03/4e45b3fa-c6cb-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html?utm_term=.8ff26f1a2c6b

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New, hi-tech technology for recognizing faces enabled federal authorities to spot a woman who arrived Monday at Dulles International Airport and posing as a U.S. citizen, officials said.
Describing the woman as an impostor, Customs and Border Protection, said she was the third such person identified by the new technology at Dulles in 40 days.
In Monday’s incident, CBP said, the woman arrived on a flight from Accra, Ghana, and presented ae passport indicating that she was a U.S. citizen.
But, CBP said, the facial recognition technology showed a mismatch between the woman presenting the passport and the photo embedded in the passport chip.
It said a secondary inspection and a biometric exam determined that the woman was a 26-year-old citizen of Cameroon.

[Tamschi]

I think this use is fine. It's limited scope, in a situation where you're tracked otherwise already (or can easily not be tracked regardless of the facial recognition) and only used to validate existing information afaict.

[Joey Skylynx]

Uncle Ted was right. That's all I have to say.

[Makzutheamazing]

Today I learned what and where Cameroon is.

[Electrocuter]

Yeah it's pretty much just an improvement over looking at the passport photo and the persons face, a computer is just better at seeing differences than a person.

[proboardslol]

Ted Cruz? So Texas is going to ban Barbecue?