The Organic Prepper
You
are probably participating in the facial recognition database whether
you want to or not. Most likely, your visage is there to be easily
identified, without your consent, even if you’ve never committed a
crime.Using the vague criteria of “law enforcement purposes”, the United States has more than 200 million Americans filed away in various facial recognition databases. If you have a driver’s license or any other government photo ID, your face is probably one of them.
The Washington Post reports:
Law enforcement use of such facial searches is blurring the traditional boundaries between criminal and non-criminal databases, putting images of people never arrested in what amount to perpetual digital lineups. The most advanced systems allow police to run searches from laptop computers in their patrol cars and offer access to the FBI and other federal authorities.
Such open access has caused a backlash in some of the few states where there has been a public debate. As the databases grow larger and increasingly connected across jurisdictional boundaries, critics warn that authorities are developing what amounts to a national identification system — based on the distinct geography of each human face.
There is no way to “opt out” of this for privacy reasons if you intend to be a licensed driver in the United States. Have you noticed that now when you go to
have
a driver’s license picture, you aren’t allowed to smile? That’s
because it can throw off the ability of scanners to “recognize” you,
because it changes the shape of your eyes and can also obscure your eye
color. For the same reason, you aren’t allowed to wear glasses, long
bangs, or head coverings. Your face is being catalogued for future
identification purposes.[...]
Read the full article at: theorganicprepper.ca