******** Background: http://www.politechbot.com/p-01691.html ******** From: "William K. Walker" <wkwalkerat_private> To: "'Declan McCullagh'" <declanat_private> Subject: Photo Security Out for 2002 Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 11:42:09 -0400 Declan, Politech readers might be interested in this article in today's Salt Lake Tribune concerning photo security for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Bill http://www.sltrib.com/05032001/utah/94219.htm Photo Security Out for 2002 Fearing a public backlash, security planners for Utah's 2002 Winter Olympics have opted not to use a controversial photo technology -- most recently employed at the Super Bowl -- to hunt for terrorists and other lawbreakers. The facial-recognition software is designed to photograph spectators and instantly compare their faces to a digital database of known terrorists and criminals. Civil libertarians dubbed January's game the "Snooper Bowl" and said the technology is Big Brother run amok. Olympic security officials received a slew of negative calls about the system and decided its benefits did not outweigh the tumult, said Utah Olympic Public Safety Command Director Robert Flowers. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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