NSA intercepting millions of images per day for facial recognition technology.

[Eurodriver]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014...l-recognition/

The spy agency has relied more on facial-recognition technology in the past four years as a result of new software that can process the flood of digital communications such as emails, text messages and even video conferences, according to the documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

They say it is only used for images sent/received from outside the U.S.A.

Yeah, right.

It's becoming quite amusing how as time goes bymore and more of those "crazy tinfoil hat" guys are being proven right. I will not be surprised when the next headline reads "NSA can tap into cell phone cameras at any time" and all of those guys putting tape over their cameras go 'ha'

[PA PATRIOT]

All Police Departments have access to facial recognition which link into the home states Drivers license data base, Arrest, Release and Probation data. The Facial Rec programs are very easy to use and any Internet posted or security camera captured image can be used to compare against the data base.

[skydivr]

Do none of you watch "Person of Interest"?

[SOW_0331]

You know there are several entities that can and do access your camera and microphone already?

I keep the camera covered with a piece of medical tape and I unplug my battery at night. I'm not really too worried about PERSEC anymore as I've pretty much resigned to a life of boring normality. But still the idea just weirds me out.

[markm]

The Government is COMPLETELY out of control. It's almost UN-believable.

[Voodoo_Man]

Do none of you watch "Person of Interest"?

That system doesn't exist in that form as depicted.

It does exist as a branch of gov devoted to that sort of thing but with human input.

I am curious to see where we will be in ten years, will our faces, prints and eye scans be the way we transfer money and handle our affairs?

[glocktogo]

That system doesn't exist in that form as depicted.

It does exist as a branch of gov devoted to that sort of thing but with human input.

I am curious to see where we will be in ten years, will our faces, prints and eye scans be the way we transfer money and handle our affairs?

Pretty much this from the way things have been going:



Not really, but it's a little disheartening to hear all the power brokers auctioning off privacy by pushing fear. You can argue that "privacy is not a right" all you want, but it's still an intangible thing that holds great value to many people. People like Rep. Peter King have based their entire careers on stealing privacy from Americans, and justifying this by saying it hurts no one. Personally, I want a key to Pete's house and written authorization to enter any time I choose. I'll agree to touch nothing and not interact in any way. I'll just stand quietly and observe him and his family. Since I'm not taking anything tangible from him, nor impeding him in any way, he should be OK with that, right?

[Leaveammoforme]

It's easy to get all the FR data you need. People are way to eager to post pics of themselves online. FB even runs FR programs. This should not be a surprise. Even my wife deleted her FB account. Every wireless communication world wide is recorded.

[SteyrAUG]

That anyone believes this technology won't be abused by an over reaching government still amazes me.



If they can, they will. Governments aren't known for exercising restraint or stopping and saying "Is this right what we are doing?" They just do it. If they are caught they defend their actions, if they can't defend their actions they form a Congressional investigative team to "look into it."

If Snowden didn't dime them out, it would be business as usual at the NSA. And quite frankly, it's still business as usual at the NSA.

[Moose-Knuckle]

But, but, but you guys . . . if your not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about.