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WHY PRIVACY FIGHT AGAINST FACE RECOGNITION IS A LOSING BATTLE

  CATCHING THE BAD GUYS ISN’T BAD The use of face recognition applications has been historically associated with law enforcement agencies such as police, airports and border control. Being able to identify suspects without the need to first interact with them, creates unique and powerful defense weapon. Arresting the criminal or the terrorist before the crime is committed can save lives and money, and inarguably we all should feel comfortable when using a face recognition technology if this is the case. Or shouldn’t we? The authors of the latest report “Unregulated Police Face Recognition in America” from Georgetown Law can’t make up their minds about it: “Are we comfortable with a world where face recognition is used to identify someone who police officers have legally stopped or arrested, or where it is used, in emergencies, to locate violent criminal suspects and terrorists? Perhaps.”…(!) Standing up for privacy rights is a novel cause, but having doubts about saving live
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FACE RECOGNITION – KEEPING UP WITH TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS

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  The use of Face Recognition Software has been traditionally dominated by the security industry. Video surveillance and identification applications are widely used in airports, and in police and army facilities. Nevertheless, a new civic branch of face recognition is emerging. From demographic analysis applications such as counting people in the crowd, telling their sex and age and even mood, through social apps, games and even a smartphone app that recognizes celebrities, face recognition revolutionizes old ways of doing things. Overwhelming advancements in technology over the years have allowed the development of new applications in almost every field. Following are the major advancements in technology that are also most relevant to face recognition: FROM COMMODORE TO 6 CORE With computing power doubling itself almost every two years for the past decades (Moore’s law), we have come a long way since the PC Commodore 64 had hit the market 30 years ago, with its 1MHz processo
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