 StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
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Galt's Gulch
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| FBI begins installation of $1 bil face recognition system Name Game  posted about this already but it may have been missed... I think it deserves its own thread.
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Birthmarks, be damned: the FBI has officially started rolling out a state-of-the-art face recognition project that will assist in their effort to accumulate and archive information about each and every American at a cost of a billion dollars.
»rt.com/usa/news/fbi-recognition-···ngi-640/
Smile, you're on (not so) candid camera 
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 Name GamePremium
join:2002-07-07
North Myrtle Beach, SC
kudos:7 | Good write up at this link that give more details..even though they have a silly video..
ht tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYnECMSXcM8 |
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
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| Well I guess the plus side is that when I go to the DMV to renew my drivers license/photo in 4 years they'll already have a pic.
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Always look on the bright side of life...
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 Grail KnightQui audet adipisciturPremium
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Valhalla
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Well I guess the plus side is that when I go to the DMV to renew my drivers license/photo in 4 years they'll already have a pic.
With age enhancement as well. 
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
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Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | Spin it as a money saver!  |
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 BlackbirdBuilt for SpeedPremium
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Fort Wayne, IN
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| And think of it as another stimulus plan, this one for the technology industry...
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
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Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | On the bright side, 75% of the TSA might be able to be laid off.
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BlackbirdBuilt for SpeedPremium
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Fort Wayne, IN
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| said by Juggernaut:On the bright side, 75% of the TSA might be able to be laid off.
Naah... they'll just transfer them all to assignments in Amish country where there's no electricity or cameras. After all, somebody has to guard against buggy hijacking else the terrorists might drive them into the side of a barn.
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
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| said by Blackbird:...they'll just transfer them all to assignments in Amish country... Teen arrested after high-speed horse and buggy chase.
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davePremium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
kudos:8 | reply to StuartMW
OT: I thought from the title that there was going to be some interesting connection between one-dollar-bill recognition systems (like in vending machines) and facial-recognition technology. |
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BlackbirdBuilt for SpeedPremium
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Fort Wayne, IN
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That just proves the need... the perp obviously would have failed to "freeze" upon command, he'd have likely failed the swab-over-drink test as well, and the pat-down would probably have turned up a lot of suspicious straight pins. It's only by good fortune he wrecked before making it all the way into the side of a barn. And the article makes it clear the local police (untrained as they were) never got around to interrogating the horse as a potential co-conspirator. This is obviously a job for the real pros: TSA personnel.
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
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Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | Indeed. Far more their 'speed', as it were.
The TSA: Keeping you safe from Weapons of Barnyard Destruction. |
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
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said by Blackbird:...the perp obviously would have failed to "freeze" upon command...
In possession of weapons of ass destruction
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 EGeezerGo CatsPremium
join:2002-08-04
Midwest
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If "age enhancement" means making me look younger, good deal.
Seriously, though, I predict horror stories arising from false positives and the resulting erroneous identifications. |
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 wxbossThis is like Deja vu all over again.Premium
join:2005-01-30
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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You all jest, but I see this as being a real problem. False positives will be serious issue. |
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OZOPremium
join:2003-01-17
kudos:2 | I don't know who those folks are but they look alike to me and perhaps to the new $1 bln face recognition system.
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Grail KnightQui audet adipisciturPremium
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Valhalla
kudos:6 | reply to EGeezer
Seriously tho even with horror stories and false IDs
sure to come down the road it could prove useful in the consumer market on smart phones.
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | reply to StuartMW
said by StuartMW:Well I guess the plus side is that when I go to the DMV to renew my drivers license/photo in 4 years they'll already have a pic.
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Always look on the bright side of life...
--As sung by Jesus Brian while he was on the cross.
Don't you have to go this year to renew even if your driver's license is still valid? Or when you got yours did your state already have National ID in place? Your comment in this thread reminded me that, although my license is good for seven more years, I have to go before the end of this year and PAY AGAIN to get a new one because mine was issued before our state finally began to comply with the National ID law (or whatever it is called). TSA has declared that no one can fly after December 31, 2012 without either a current Passport (I have an old Passport but not current) or a National ID driver's license. Since the only way to get around Hawaii is to fly, I have no choice but to get the new Big Brother license.
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Stumbles
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Port Saint Lucie, FL | reply to StuartMW
Ah, had to reread the title several times. Thought it was saying the FBI was installing a face recognition system for $1 bills and wondered why they were targeting George Washington. |
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 Link LoggerPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
Calgary, AB
kudos:3 | reply to StuartMW
About time you got to the party FBI, what kept you, being last, your buying the first round.
Only 14 million photographs, really guys why so few? What kind of chips are you guys using, Doritos?
Blake
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