Saturday, June 5, 2010

Meet The Face Of Big Brother (In Australia)

Scary stuff ... everyone's face could be mapped. Source: The Daily Telegraph

From The Telegraph:

THE State Government is quietly compiling a mathematical map of almost every adult's face, sharing information that allows law enforcement to track people by CCTV.

Experts said yesterday few people realised their facial features were being recorded in an RTA database of drivers licence photos that the Government has allowed both state and federal police to access.

The federal body CrimTrac has asked NSW for its database so it can be mined nationally by police using the facial recognition information contained in it.

Read more ....

My Comment: I can easily envision this technology being used in a conflict zone in which through positioning of cameras everyone can be tracked .... and I mean everyone .... insurgents, friendly, civilians, etc..

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