Mind Set Daily

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Facial Scanning Is Making Gains in Surveillance" The federal government is making progress on developing a surveillance system that would pair computers with video cameras to scan crowds and automatically identify people by their faces, according to newly disclosed documents and interviews with researchers working on the project. The Department of Homeland Security tested a crowd-scanning project called the Biometric Optical Surveillance System — or BOSS — last fall after two years of government-financed development. Although the system is not ready for use, researchers say they are making significant advances. It is going to be deployed for use soon and this technology is always billed as anti-terrorism, but then it drifts into other applications. That is the fear behind these kinds of technologies but fear not as you have nothing to hide right? Well then smile you are on camera! Just think about it... Find out more by listening to this episode! News S