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In this particular case, the application of facial recognition improves airport security (against forged passports, sloppy security personnel, ...) while not pr
by Scea91 7y ago
In this particular case, the application of facial recognition improves airport security (against forged passports, sloppy security personnel, ...) while not probably requiring any additional information than what would already be provided by passports with biometric data.
In my opinion, this is one of the few applications where it actually makes sense.
- kelnos 7y agoYou need to first ask if you're protecting against a threat that actually exists and is material. Is that the case? Do we see rampant use of forged ID to get onto planes? Do we see sloppy security personnel letting people through who shouldn't be allowed? I just don't see the evidence that this isn't a solution searching for a problem.
- jacquesm 7y agoDo we know the instance count of forged passports vs the chances of spotting a fake when done by humans vs the computer? Sloppy security personnel is not something you address with tech, you address that with training and incentives.