FC: 2002 Olympics rules out using face-scan technology

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Thu May 03 2001 - 17:07:12 PDT

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    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.
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