March 14, 2001
Smile, You're On Scan Camera
Smile, You're On Scan Camera
When football fans learned that their faces were scanned and compared to mugshots of common criminals at this year's Super Bowl, many were outraged. But they shouldn't have been surprised. In the United States, face scans are used by casinos to look for cheats; law enforcement to digitalize mug shots; welfare departments to look for double-dippers; drivers' license bureaus to reduce I.D. forgers; and ATMs to separate clients from crooks.
Posted by rshah at March 14, 2001 12:00 PM