Facial Recognition On The Go

from the you-have-no-privacy-anywhere dept

Afraid of all the face recognition systems that are popping up everywhere? Well, now police departments are getting handheld facial recognition systems that run on their mobile phones. Basically, police could soon be carrying portable facial recognition systems. While the privacy issue is obviously a big one, how much fun would it be to have one of these systems yourself and to collect data about everyone you walk past on the street everyday?


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