Över 200 miljoner amerikaner ingår idag i USA:s databas för ansiktsigenkänning

I USA kan myndigheterna numera söka bland över 200 miljoner bilder i sin enorma databas av mestadels amerikanska ansikten när de letar efter någon misstänkt...
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Se en mycket viktig (& kort) dokumentärvideo från Washington Post som ger en skrämmande förhandstitt på hur Sverige garanterat kommer att se ut redan om ett par år... En talesman för de amerikanska myndigheterna som dagligen använder ansiktsigenkänningsprogrammen jämför den nuvarande tillgängliga tekniken med filmen MINORITY REPORT. "För 10 år sedan var det här Science Fiktion och fantasier idag är det i USA standard och rutin inom övervakning och polisarbete..."

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The facial databases have grown rapidly in recent years and generally operate with few legal safeguards beyond the requirement that searches are conducted for “law enforcement purposes.” Amid rising concern about the National Security Agency’s high-tech surveillance aimed at foreigners, it is these state-level facial-recognition programs that more typically involve American citizens.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/state-photo-id-databases-become-troves-for-police/2013/06/16/6f014bd4-ced5-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html
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The Great American Dragnet: Over 200 Million People Are in the Facial Recognition Database

June 17, 2013

Source: Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper

You are probably participating in the facial recognition database whether you want to or not. Most likely, your visage is there to be easily identified, without your consent, even if you’ve never committed a crime.

Using the vague criteria of “law enforcement purposes”, the United States has more than 200 million Americans filed away in various facial recognition databases.  If you have a driver’s license or any other government photo ID, your face is probably one of them.
The Washington Post reports:

Law enforcement use of such facial searches is blurring the traditional boundaries between criminal and non-criminal databases, putting images of people never arrested in what amount to perpetual digital lineups. The most advanced systems allow police to run searches from laptop computers in their patrol cars and offer access to the FBI and other federal authorities.

Such open access has caused a backlash in some of the few states where there has been a public debate. As the databases grow larger and increasingly connected across jurisdictional boundaries, critics warn that authorities are developing what amounts to a national identification system — based on the distinct geography of each human face.

There is no way to “opt out” of this for privacy reasons if you intend to be a licensed driver in the United States. Have you noticed that now when you go to have a driver’s license picture, you aren’t allowed to smile?

That’s because it can throw off the ability of scanners to “recognize” you, because it changes the shape of your eyes and can also obscure your eye color.  For the same reason, you aren’t allowed to wear glasses, long bangs, or head coverings.  Your face is being catalogued for future identification purposes.

Only 13 states have not gone into full-out Big Brother mode with facial recognition…yet.  At this time, the states without the technology are Alaska, California, Wyoming, Arizona, Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland,  Maine, and New Hampshire.  However, even though they don’t have the technology to readily identify residents, they still have millions of photos in their databases.

What’s more, it isn’t only our driver’s licenses that we have to worry about.  Another, even larger, database exists. The US State Department has a database with 230 million searchable images.  Anyone with a passport or an immigration visa may find themselves an unwilling participant in this database.   Here’s the breakdown of who has a photo database:
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• The State Department has about 15 million photos of passport or visa holders
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• The FBI has about15 million photos of people who have been arrested or convicted of crimes
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• The Department of Defense has about 6 million photos, mainly of Iraqis and Afghans
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• Various police agencies and states have at least 210 million driver’s license photos

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Minority Report becoming a reality (CNN 2010)

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This invasion of privacy is just another facet of the surveillance state, and should be no surprise considering the information Edward Snowden just shared about the over-reaching tentacles of the NSA into all of our communications. We are filing our identities with the government and they can identify us at will, without any requirement for probable cause.[...]
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http://www.blacklistednews.com/The_Great_American_Dragnet%3A_Over_200_Million_People_Are_in_the_Facial_Recognition_Database/26753/0/38/38/Y/M.html
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/state-photo-id-databases-become-troves-for-police/2013/06/16/6f014bd4-ced5-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html
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Hitachi "Minority Report" like interface 2010

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Face-Tracking Minority Report Style | Big Brother Watch

Publicerad den 19 jun 2013

Abby Martin takes a look at law enforcement's use of facial recognition technology at mere traffic stops and while taking photo IDs, and how the practice represents another step closer toward a total surveillance state.

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