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Is
\n face recognition software ready for prime time? It seems to work
\n much better in controlled situations, like airports, where the subject
\n can be made to sit still and smile at the camera, and not so well when
\n surveiling large crowds and moving targets (duh!)<\/p>\n
Neverthless, the potential of a system like this to track all of the
\n people all of the time holds irresistable fascination for certian public
\n servants and control freaks at all levels. The latest installation
\n is at Royal Palm Middle School in Phoenix….<\/i><\/p>\n
”If it works one time, locates one missing child or saves a child from
\n a sexual attack, I feel it’s worth it,” said Maricopa County Sheriff
\n Joe Arpaio, a tough-talking sheriff who has previously gained notoriety
\n for putting prisoners on
\n chain gangs and issuing them pink underwear.<\/p>\n
The cameras are linked to state and national databases held at the sheriff’s
\n office of sex offenders, missing children, and alleged abductors.<\/p>\n
Great idea! I bet they find lots of missing children at school…..<\/i><\/p>\n
from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is face recognition software ready for prime time? It seems to work much better in controlled situations, like airports, where the subject can be made to sit still and smile at the camera, and not so well when surveiling large … Continue reading