Tag: Great Convergence

FEDS’ LINKED BIOMETRIC DATABASES LAY FOUNDATION FOR SURVEILLANCE STATE: Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification, version 4.1

FEDS’ LINKED BIOMETRIC DATABASES LAY FOUNDATION FOR SURVEILLANCE STATE WND. October 6, 2018. The systems collect fingerprints, facial images, hand geometry, iris images, palm prints and DNA, storing the information in a format that is searchable by law enforcement and others. On its face, it can be disconcerting […]

Tokyo 2020 Olympics to use facial recognition in security first. 97 percent of the time, the face is recognized by the system correctly.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics to use facial recognition in security first By Christopher Carbone, | Fox News. August 7, 2018 Tokyo 2020 will be the first Olympics to deploy facial recognition technology to increase security around all venues, organizers announced on Tuesday. Reuters reports that Olympics organizers are partnering with NEC, a Japanese […]