- Airport Face Scanner Failed - http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,52563,00.html
Facial recognition technology tested at the Palm Beach International Airport had a dismal failure rate, according to preliminary results from a pilot program at the facility. [Wired]
- High-Tech Identity Checks - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/travel/07SHELF.html
Article on new tools for identifying people at airports. [New York Times]
- Face Recognition Technology a Proven Farce - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23559.html
"Crowd surveillance kit using face recognition technology by Visionics has been a comic failure in tests by the Tampa, Florida police, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has discovered." By Thomas C. Greene. [Register]
- Face-recognition System Blasted - http://www.msnbc.com/news/681500.asp
"ACLU says Florida police records show technology ineffective in Tampa." By Bob Sullivan. [MSNBC]
- Up Close and Personal - http://www.motherjones.com/magazine/JF02/up_close.html
"High-tech identification devices could produce reams of data on law-abiding citizens--but may be useless in fighting terrorists." By Brendan I. Koerner. [Mother Jones]
- Can Face Recognition Keep Airports Safe? - http://news.com.com/2100-1023-275313.html
"As U.S. airports begin installing face-recognition systems to thwart terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, civil rights activists are rushing to decry the technology as ineffective and invasive." [CNet]
- In the Face of Terror - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A20852-2001Oct31
"Recognition Technology Spreads Quickly" By Robert O'Harrow Jr. [Washington Post]
- A Face in the Crowd - http://www.motherjones.com/magazine/ND01/surveillance.html
"Is surveillance software turning police into Robocops?" By Julie Wakefield. [Mother Jones]
- Face Recognition - http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/visualize1101.asp
Summary and slideshow of how camera and algorithm recognize faces. [Technology Review]
- Iceland Places Trust in Face-scanning - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1780150.stm
"Officials at Iceland's main airport say the face-recognition technology will help them improve security." By Emil Petrie. [BBC]
- Twins Crack Face Recognition Puzzle - http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/03/10/israel.twins.reut/
Report on a "new technology to recognizing faces in a way that may yet revolutionize international security." [CNN]
- ACLU Feature: Face Recognition - http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=10263&c=130&Type=s
Statement in opposition of the use of face recognition software in airports due to ineffectiveness and privacy concerns.
- CNN.com - Joseph Atick: How the facial recognition security system works - October 1, 2001 - http://us.cnn.com/2001/COMMUNITY/10/01/atick/
Dr. Joseph Atick is a co-founder of Visionics Corporation, and currently serves as President and CEO. He and his colleagues have developed FaceIt face recognition, a biometric technology that can automatically detect and capture faces from security cameras and identify them against a database of known terrorists. He joined CNN.com chat room on Monday, October 01, 2001.
- EPIC Face Recognition Information Page - http://www.epic.org/privacy/facerecognition/
Resources about face recognition compiled by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, including many news articles.
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