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- A Face in the Crowd - "Is surveillance software turning police into Robocops?" By Julie Wakefield. [Mother Jones]
www.motherjones.com/magazine/ND01/surveillance.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,52563,00.html
- 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]
news.com.com/2100-1023-275313.html
- Face Recognition - Summary and slideshow of how camera and algorithm recognize faces. [Technology Review]
www.technologyreview.com/articles/visualize1101.asp
- 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]
www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23559.html
- Face-recognition System Blasted - "ACLU says Florida police records show technology ineffective in Tampa." By Bob Sullivan. [MSNBC]
www.msnbc.com/news/681500.asp
- Face-recognition Technology Raises Fears of Big Brother - "Your face is on its way to becoming your 'fingerprint' for accessing ATM machines, entering the workplace, checking in at airline ticketing counters and even getting you into your own computer." [Boston Globe]
www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0%2C1249%2C150015975%2C00.html
- Facial Recognition Scanner Outwitted by Spectacles - Facial recognition technology in use at a Florida airport contains fatal flaws, according to research from the American Civil Liberties Union. [vnunet.com]
www.vnunet.com/News/1131902
- High-Tech Identity Checks - Article on new tools for identifying people at airports. [New York Times]
www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/travel/07SHELF.html
- 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]
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1780000/1780150.stm
- In the Face of Terror - "Recognition Technology Spreads Quickly" By Robert O'Harrow Jr. [Washington Post]
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A20852-2001Oct31
- New Side to Face-Recognition Technology: Identifying Victims - Review of a British project to stop child pornography. [NY Times]
www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/science/physical/15FACE.html
- U.S. Pours Money Into Face Recognition - Federal spending on face-recognition technology doubled in the past five years to more than $10 million, even before the Sept. 11 attacks generated new interest in the technology as a security measure, a congressional study obtained Friday showed. [CNet]
news.com.com/2100-1023-882151.html
- 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]
www.motherjones.com/magazine/JF02/up_close.html
- Virginia Beach Tests Facial-Recognition Software - Report on the city's use of facial-recognition software. [CNN]
www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/NEWS/07/04/beach.surveillance.ap/index.html
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