Big Brother just got scarier: Japanese CCTV camera can scan 36 million faces per second - and recogn

[Jazzy]

A new camera technology from Hitachi Hokusai Electric can scan days of camera footage instantly, and find any face which has EVER walked past it.



Its makers boast that it can scan 36 million faces per second.



The technology raises the spectre of governments - or other organisations - being able to 'find' anyone instantly simply using a passport photo or a Facebook profile.

The software from Hitachi Hokusai electric can scan through 36 million faces a second looking for its 'target'. The software can scan through days of CCTV footage almost instantly



The 'trick' is that the camera 'processes' faces as it records, so that all faces which pass in front of it are recorded and stored instantly.



Faces are stored as a searchable 'biometric' records.



When the police - or anyone else - want to search for a particular individual, they're searching through a gallery of pre-indexed faces, rather than a messy library of footage.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...an-36-million-faces-second.html#ixzz1q3G6FO4p



Question: What are your thoughts on this?

 

[Fatal Dawn]

Speaking of biometrics, I was reading about a method used by law enforcement to identify people even after they have been lost or hiding for years. It uses an exponential mathematical formula to account for certain features of the person - such as your nose and ears for example which grow with age.



There's no fooling big brother. If they want you they can and will find you.

 

[Evil Eye]

Well that's creepy.

Very impressive and certainly useful, but oh so creepy.