Facial recognition technology is a powerful tool that can be used for good or evil. In this post, we present 10 positive aims fulfilled with the help of this technology.<\/p>\n
Regardless of how severe their offense, everyone booked into the jail in Hennepin County, Minnesota, must\u00a0provide their faceprint<\/a>. The facial recognition system, implemented this year, has been used about 80 times \u2014 with 32 hits. A similar system is used in Los Angeles and other counties around the United States.<\/p>\n Since 2004, the US Department of State has been amassing a database of portraits, which now includes 75 million photos. By 2018, this data will be used for issuing visas \u2014 to protect the country from terrorists and criminals.<\/p>\n The FBI checks more than 412 million photos for similar purposes. Its database includes images from drivers\u2019 licenses, visa and passport centers, prisons, and other institutions from all over America.<\/p>\n Since 2008, the\u00a0Department of Motor Vehicles has used face recognition<\/a>\u00a0to find criminals who steal other people\u2019s identities so that they can get driver\u2019s licenses. Using a similar system for two years, Indiana halved this kind of fraud.<\/p>\n RT @chthierry<\/a>: How #BigData<\/a> helps to catch criminals: https:\/\/t.co\/nIu1L9sd4S<\/a> via @kaspersky<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) January 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n2. Understand who is entering the country<\/h3>\n
3. Ferret out digital ID thieves<\/h3>\n
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