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Masking protest: AI-enabled surveillance is a global ID issue for law enforcement | Biometric Update (opens the original)
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By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Biometrically speaking, our faces don’t give much away. Their points of individuality are great for comparison against database images to confirm ID but, compared to genetic information like DNA, our faces are quite shy. Unlike our genomics, we can change our facial appearance dramatically – and the growth in businesses offering ‘tweakments’ suggests we’re doing it a lot. However, faces are more than a biometric
Why biometrics are an urgent agenda item for police oversight boards | Biometric Update (opens the original)
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By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner The more that the police can do with biometric technology, the more they will need to assure us what they’re not doing with it. This will require public trust, which must itself be earned through strong data governance. And that’s basically the title of the latest blog by the UK’s data regulator summing up its findings on the police use of facial recognition technology (FRT). Based on reviews of policy and pract
How domestic technology is normalizing biometric surveillance | Biometric Update (opens the original)
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What new device is this describing? – “The [Pro] has radar-based motion tracking, which gives you a trace of a person’s movement overlaid on an aerial view. The 4K camera significantly improves fine detail and the zoom, but it is the lower mixed-light performance that is night and day better than previous models”. Having a keen interest in surveillance technology, I came across this Guardian review of a new product offering “a range of AI-powered features” including integrated facial recognition
How domestic technology is normalizing biometric surveillance | Biometric Update (opens the original)
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What new device is this describing? – “The [Pro] has radar-based motion tracking, which gives you a trace of a person’s movement overlaid on an aerial view. The 4K camera significantly improves fine detail and the zoom, but it is the lower mixed-light performance that is night and day better than previous models”. Having a keen interest in surveillance technology, I came across this Guardian review of a new product offering “a range of AI-powered features” including integrated facial recognition
Born bad – can biometrics decode criminality? | Biometric Update (opens the original)
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By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner As we look to facial recognition and other biometrics to solve social problems, an age-old challenge keeps resurfacing. The idea of the ‘born criminal’ has fascinated us for centuries. Since physiognomist Della Porta began using lenses to compare faces in the late 16th century, the idea of biological determinism has dogged forensic debate. When phrenologists offered a scientific basis for identifying criminality
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