[IP] face recognition flop wghy do I not believe this

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk>
Date: July 25, 2007 6:42:40 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: face recognition flop

Dave:

From  the CyTrap Labs Newsletter, responding to an item that I  
passed on to them from IP:

> Research that matters - Bundeskriminalamt conducted a field test of  
> face recognition software at Mainz
> Face reconition software works for fighting terrorism
> BKA in Germany conducted a large field test to see if face  
> reconition software could be used to catch criminals and terrorist  
> suspects.
> While the media got it wrong including the BKA's own president Jörg  
> Ziercke - from a scientific perspective - these tests were a success
> With minimal human interference - false positive ratio was kept  
> quite small - 0.1 percent
> Face recognition technology if used correctly and according to the  
> country's constitution and privacy laws is an effective tool for  
> catching criminals and stopping hooligans from entering a football  
> stadium.

Full story at:

http://blog.cytrap.eu/?p=248

Cheers

Brian

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