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The Arizona Department of Transportation has signed a deal with a global developer of facial-recognition technology that aims to give the state extra power in its fight against fraud.
Japan-based NEC Corporation of America said Monday it will begin providing biometric solutions to the department in hopes of improving the process for issuing state-sanctioned credentials.
Through its NeoFace facial-recognition software, NEC Corp. says transportation department officials will be able to instantly query a remote database existing in the cloud that contains roughly 16 million digital images, including about 7.7 million driver’s license and identification photos.
Along with another biometric tool, Reveal, state agents can “perform the search of photographic images and compare against the driver license and identification card records that are contained within the state database,” the company said.
Arizona ramps up biometric program to keep IDs from fraudsters - Washington Times
I suspect that this will become an increasingly important topic when candidates get off their behinds and discuss immigration.
The National ID Card ranks up here. Like Obama's Real ID. Republicans support this as well.
This is an older Ted Cruz vid but he still supports it.
There are two primary concerns: third party access and hacking.
EFF has always been against this:
Mandatory National IDs and Biometric Databases
What do you guys think about this?
Japan-based NEC Corporation of America said Monday it will begin providing biometric solutions to the department in hopes of improving the process for issuing state-sanctioned credentials.
Through its NeoFace facial-recognition software, NEC Corp. says transportation department officials will be able to instantly query a remote database existing in the cloud that contains roughly 16 million digital images, including about 7.7 million driver’s license and identification photos.
Along with another biometric tool, Reveal, state agents can “perform the search of photographic images and compare against the driver license and identification card records that are contained within the state database,” the company said.
Arizona ramps up biometric program to keep IDs from fraudsters - Washington Times
I suspect that this will become an increasingly important topic when candidates get off their behinds and discuss immigration.
The National ID Card ranks up here. Like Obama's Real ID. Republicans support this as well.
This is an older Ted Cruz vid but he still supports it.
There are two primary concerns: third party access and hacking.
EFF has always been against this:
Mandatory National IDs and Biometric Databases
What do you guys think about this?
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