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EPIC calls for moratorium

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/12/facefacts.shtm For Your Information: 12/23/2011 Federal Trade Commission staff is seeking public comments on the issues raised at a recent FTC workshop exploring facial recognition technology and the privacy and security implications raised by its increasing use. The December 8, 2011, public workshop, "Face Facts: A Forum on Facial Recognition Technology," focused on the current and future commercial applications of facial detection and recognition technologies, and explored an array of current uses of these technologies, possible future uses and benefits, and potential privacy and security concerns.

Seeks Public Comments on Facial Recognition Technology

Google Facial recognition

google ties facial recognition

Face recognition and social media meet in the shadows - CSO Online - Security and Risk

Imagine having access to the political views, sexual preferences, relationships, tastes, foibles, emotional states, workplace attitudes, etc. of a billion people. An effort to collect such data on behalf of a government, or a corporation, or a geopolitical alliance, or an industrial sector, or even a seemingly benign world organization, would meet with fierce opposition. http://www.csoonline.com/article/686959/face-recognition-and-social-media-meet-in-the-shadows
http://singularityhub.com/2011/05/23/minority-report-scanners-are-coming-company-receives-15-million-to-develop-long-range-facial-recognition-technology/

“Minority Report” Scanners Are Coming: Company Receives $15 Million to Develop Long-Range Facial Recognition Technology | Singularity Hub

They might not light up our eyes, but long-range facial recognition cameras are sure to light up computer databases with our whereabouts, criminal records, possibly even our shopping tendencies. Ever heard of a company called Digital Signal Corporation ?
Face.com vient de sortir son API gratuite ! http://korben.info/une-api-pour-reconnaitre-les-visages.html

Une API pour reconnaitre les visages

Montre-moi ton visage et mon smartphone me dira qui tu es

http://www.numerama.com/magazine/19479-montre-moi-ton-visage-et-mon-smartphone-me-dira-qui-tu-es.html Et si la loi qui interdit la dissimulation du visage dans l'espace public s'avérait être un danger pour la protection de la vie privée ?
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facial_recognition_privacy_concerns.php If you think recently-unveiled products like the Facebook Timeline and Amazon's cloud-powered Silk Web browser have raised privacy issues, an innovation that lies just around the corner could blow them both out of the water.

As Facial Recognition Improves, New Privacy Controversies Await

iPhone face recognition

Face Recognition at Pizza Hut and KFC

Alessandro Acquisti FB face recognition

It is possible to identify strangers and gain their personal information - perhaps even their social security numbers - by using face recognition software and social media profiles, according to a new study by Carnegie Mellon University's Alessandro Acquisti and his research team. The results of the study will be presented 4 August at Black Hat, a security conference in Las Vegas.

Face recognition software can grab personal information, social security numbers

http://www.domain-b.com/technology/20110803_security_numbers.html
Google acquires Like.com

Google acquired PittPatt

Facial recognition identifies SSN

Facial recognition and Privacy by design

FB facial recognition

This morning, hackers took down some of Washington DC's government websites. http://gizmodo.com/security/

Security stories - Gizmodo

Apple is planning to include face detection capabilities in the next version of its smartphone/tablet platform, iOS 5, 9to5Mac has discovered.

Face Recognition Coming to iOS 5 [REPORT]

Santa Monica, California (CNN) -- Google is working on a mobile application that would allow users to snap pictures of people's faces in order to access their personal information, a director for the project said this week. In order to be identified by the software, people would have to check a box agreeing to give Google permission to access their pictures and profile information, said Hartmut Neven, the Google engineering director for image-recognition development.

Google making app that would identify people's faces - CNN.com

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Face/Facial Recognition

The new face detection mood estimator has five possible choices: "Happy, Sad, Surprised, Angry, and Neutral."

Privacy and Security Fanatic: Face Detection Technology Tool Now Detects Your Moods Too

The devices, made by BI2 Technologies, are attached to an iPhone for immediate searches of criminal databases, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) reports. The development is “raising significant questions about privacy and civil liberties,” the story says.

Cops to Get Facial Recognition Devices; Will They Need Warrants to Use Them? - News - ABA Journal

According to the Journal , about 40 law-enforcement agencies across the U.S. will be making the handheld product available to their officers in the field as early as September. The device, which has been developed by Massachusetts-based BI2 Technologies, allows officers to take a photo of a person from a distance of five feet or less.

Police tapping iPhone for facial recognition | The Digital Home - CNET News