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In Hard Focus
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- Author: Stephen Russell
- Listed in: News & Media Technology
- Tags: technology Security Privacy Surveillance
- Added on: Oct 28th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Stephen Russell is a serial entrepreneur, investor, writer, and all-around-believer in the power of technology to reshape the world. InHardFocus.com contains his musings on topics including surveillance, privacy, security technology and more.
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Face Rec Speeds Airport Lines
Adding to the existent iris and fingerprint "trusted traveler" enrollment scheme, now face rec is being added to the package at U.S. and U.K. airports to both improve security and speed frequent international travelers through security lanes. The Bri...
Hacking Face Rec
This is why we are constantly evolving our technology and developing new video algorithms. Granted, some people viewing this will follow the creator's advice, "Don't go out and rob a bank!" but there are probably a few who will attempt exactly that. ...
Spybots and Drones
Gizmodo uncovered a neat little project cooked up at my alma mater:...
Newark Uses Cameras to Deter Crime
Amidst reports of cameras not doing anything at all to deter crime, Newark opened its new Surveillance Operations Center last week, and released a report claiming that murders and rapes had declined since the installation of cameras in its high viole...
Video Evidence Doesn't Discriminate
Here's one for people who worry that surveillance video puts too much power in the hands of police. In this case, video helped a defendant (Guillermo Alarcon, Jr., pictured left) prove that police had planted evidence on him, or, at the very least ha...
