[IP] Re: face recognition flop why do I not believe this

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk>
Date: July 27, 2007 5:31:48 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: "Urs E. Gattiker" <WebUrs@WebUrb.com>
Subject: [IP] Re: face recognition flop why do I not believe this

Dave:

Continuing to act as a neutral communication channel on this topic  
between the IP list and Urs Gattiker, who runs the Zurich-based  
CyTRAP Labs (and edits a very active security newsetter), i've  
forwarded the recent messages to him.

The following is from his response to me:

At 10:03 +0200 27/7/07, WebUrs Cyber ADMIN wrote:
> Dear Brian
>
> Just too bad, these guys do not read the report (in German) just  
> the article... the report is very specific and it is not sying face  
> recognition is perfect, just if used correctly and if you try to  
> keep hooligans out of a football stadium it works better than  
> anything else we have... still not perfect.
>
> Also does not mean we use it in Germany, but the test was needed  
> and helpful  since it is a real and large field test.
>
> Funny how people discuss things based on not having read all the  
> facts.... amazing and maybe a bit dangerous?

Cheers

Brian



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