“The federal government is making progress on developing a surveillance system that would pair computers with video cameras to scan crowds and automatically identify people by their faces, according to newly disclosed documents and interviews with researchers working on the project. The Department of Homeland Security tested a crowd-scanning project called the Biometric Optical Surveillance System — or BOSS — last fall after two years of government-financed development. Although the system is not ready for use, researchers say they are making significant advances.”
Related posts:
Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval
Google warns that govt is demanding more of your private data than ever
Ex-Cop Guilty of Child Abuse
The Government’s Perilous Bitcoin Chase
How many bites do YOU take per day? New device helps you keep track
NATO deploys Patriot as warplanes hit Syria capital
Swiss voters reject world's highest minimum wage, block fighter jets
Bruce Schneier: The Public-Private Surveillance Partnership
Volatile and surging: Bitcoin popularity on the rise
France under first nationwide state of emergency since 1961
India IT training school offers Bitcoin course
RNC members tackle Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA
Head of the IMF Christine Lagarde in court charged with embezzlement and fraud
Fed Prez Spills the Beans on the Excess Reserve Inflation Time Bomb
S&P sees deepening house slump in Spain, France and Holland