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One interesting morsel of info also came to light. ICBC; the BC crown corporation that issues drivers licenses has come forward and offered its photos database

One interesting morsel of info also came to light. ICBC; the BC crown corporation that issues drivers licenses has come forward and offered its photos database and facial recognition technology to the Vancouver Police. Allowing them to ID the people in these 1 million photos if they have a BC drivers license or BC ID. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/06/18/bc-icbc-rioters-id.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/06... As someone who lives in BC, I like the idea of getting these vandals, but it is also a little scary to have a tool like this. One of the first cases I've ever heard of.

rajpaul 15y ago
If it works, I would be blown away. I was at the riot, and my first thought was that the rioters were making a big mistake because of the large number of people taking pictures. The police likely have multiple pictures, from different angles of many incidents. Here is something else that might scare you a little bit, a 2,110 mega pixel zoomable image of the crowd: http://www.gigapixel.com/image/gigatag-canucks-g7.html http://www.gigapixel.com/image/gigatag-canucks-g7.html