The Frightening New Technology Transforming State Surveillance
State of Surveillance: Across the US, Hollywood-style surveillance
technology is inching closer to reality. Sophisticated technologies
enable access to more data than ever before raising questions about how
the information is used.
"You can lie about your name, date of birth,
address but tattoos, birthmarks, scars don't lie", says officer Rob
Halverson. Mobile facial recognition technology allows him to capture a
person's face and confirm their identity within seconds. Wide-area
surveillance is another technology revolutionising surveillance.
Capturing images from a plane, it has the ability to play back the
movement of cars and people as they scurry about the city. Meanwhile,
the FBI is finalizing plans this year to make 130 million fingerprints
digital and searchable. FBI's Jeremy Wiltz is thrilled about the
potential of solving cold cases: "I can't wait till those success
stories come out". But many of the fingerprints belong to people who
have simply submitted their prints for background checks while seeking
jobs. Jennifer Lynch, a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier
Foundation, is suing the FBI for what she believes subverts basic
democratic rights: "Those people whose face images come up suddenly have
to prove their innocence rather than the government having to prove
their guilt".
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