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(2,103 posts) Sun Aug 21, 2016, 11:26 AM Aug 2016

German minister wants facial recognition systems at airports, train stations

Source: Reuters

Germany's Interior Minister wants to introduce facial recognition software at train stations and airports to help identify terror suspects following two Islamist attacks in the country last month.

Speaking to the Bild am Sonntag newspaper, Thomas de Maiziere said internet software was able to determine whether persons shown in photographs were celebrities or politicians.

"I would like to use this kind of facial recognition technology in video cameras at airports and train stations. Then, if a suspect appears and is recognized, it will show up in the system," he told the paper.

He said a similar system was already being tested for unattended luggage, which the camera reports after a certain number of minutes.

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German minister wants facial recognition systems at airports, train stations (Original Post) MowCowWhoHow III Aug 2016 OP

Some technical difficulties, such as when the nasty man running for president of the US visits... jtuck004 Aug 2016 #1

There is already something of that nature at UK airports. OnDoutside Aug 2016 #2

good start patsimp Aug 2016 #3

Was in Belgium last couple days (London now and back to NYC tomorrow) Lucky Luciano Aug 2016 #4

Already in US Casinos. Part of new building security design. Single escalators to capture images. TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #5

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

1. Some technical difficulties, such as when the nasty man running for president of the US visits...

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Sun Aug 21, 2016, 12:59 PM

Aug 2016

and the machine keeps bringing this up for an ID...

OnDoutside

(19,970 posts)

2. There is already something of that nature at UK airports.

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Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:05 PM

Aug 2016

They take a picture of you at the entrance to security, put a bar code sticker on your boarding pass, and it is scanned again at boarding. If there isn't FRS, it shouldn't take much to add it.

patsimp

(915 posts)

3. good start

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Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:06 PM

Aug 2016

Lucky Luciano

(11,258 posts)

4. Was in Belgium last couple days (London now and back to NYC tomorrow)

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Sun Aug 21, 2016, 03:37 PM

Aug 2016

Lots of army guys with machine guns at train stations and any place with tourists. A bit unsettling to see. I imagine the bad guys will dress up like them next.

TheBlackAdder

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5. Already in US Casinos. Part of new building security design. Single escalators to capture images.

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 09:25 PM

Aug 2016

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Many new malls and office towers funnel people into slow-moving escalators to snap pics and process them.

By the time you exit at the top or bottom, they've already processed you.

A few casinos in Vegas have these really narrow and low-moving ones, where people ask "Why is this?" Now you know.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-hidden-security-bugs-in-architecture-that-you-never-knew-about

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