I don't believe these systems are ready for mass, non-expert use. I spent 7 years as lead developer of one of the globally leading FR systems, and I've left the

I don't believe these systems are ready for mass, non-expert use. I spent 7 years as lead developer of one of the globally leading FR systems, and I've left the industry. It is fundamentally unsafe in the hands of ordinary people, ordinary people who are not scientifically and rationally discriminate in their day to day activities. Ordinary people treat FR like an AI Gawd, and the police are hopeless with it. The straw that broke my camel's back was learning of the wide spread practice of police asking crime victims "what celebrity does the perpetrator look the most alike?" And then the police would put that celebrity's photo into their FR system and start harassing people in their city that look like the celebrity. So, mind numbingly stupid, I got angry at clients doing this, got barred from talking to clients, and soon there after quit the industry. The industry believes it is "not their problem".