Airport Face Scanner Failed
Facial recognition technology tested at the Palm Beach International Airport had a dismal failure rate, according to preliminary results from a pilot program at the facility. [Wired] (May 16, 2002)
High-Tech Identity Checks
Article on new tools for identifying people at airports. [New York Times] (April 7, 2002)
Iceland Places Trust in Face-scanning
"Officials at Iceland's main airport say the face-recognition technology will help them improve security." By Emil Petrie. [BBC] (January 24, 2002)
New Side to Face-Recognition Technology: Identifying Victims
Review of a British project to stop child pornography. [NY Times] (January 15, 2002)
Face Recognition Technology a Proven Farce
"Crowd surveillance kit using face recognition technology by Visionics has been a comic failure in tests by the Tampa, Florida police, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has discovered." By Thomas C. Greene. [Register] (January 4, 2002)
Face-recognition System Blasted
"ACLU says Florida police records show technology ineffective in Tampa." By Bob Sullivan. [MSNBC] (January 3, 2002)
Up Close and Personal
"High-tech identification devices could produce reams of data on law-abiding citizens--but may be useless in fighting terrorists." By Brendan I. Koerner. [Mother Jones] (January, 2002)
Can Face Recognition Keep Airports Safe?
"As U.S. airports begin installing face-recognition systems to thwart terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, civil rights activists are rushing to decry the technology as ineffective and invasive." [CNet] (November 1, 2001)
In the Face of Terror
"Recognition Technology Spreads Quickly" By Robert O'Harrow Jr. [Washington Post] (November 1, 2001)
A Face in the Crowd
"Is surveillance software turning police into Robocops?" By Julie Wakefield. [Mother Jones] (November, 2001)
Face Recognition
Summary and slideshow of how camera and algorithm recognize faces. [Technology Review] (November, 2001)
CNN.com - Joseph Atick: How the facial recognition security system works - October 1, 2001
Dr. Joseph Atick is a co-founder of Visionics Corporation, and currently serves as President and CEO. He and his colleagues have developed FaceIt face recognition, a biometric technology that can automatically detect and capture faces from security cameras and identify them against a database of known terrorists. He joined CNN.com chat room on Monday, October 01, 2001. (October 1, 2001)
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