Happy Panopticon Day

[Peter van Heusden]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 10:16:36PM -0700, Ian Murray wrote:
> [NYT]
> July 4, 2001
> Tampa Scans the Faces in Its Crowds for Criminals
> By DANA CANEDY
> 
> TAMPA, Fla., July 3 - Camera shy? Then steer clear of Tampa's
> nightlife district.
> 
> The Tampa Police Department has placed three dozen security cameras
> with face-recognition software in a downtown district popular with
> locals and tourists. Now, everyone who visits the district, Ybor City,
> for a burger or a beer runs the risk of having his face digitally
> scanned and the noses, cheeks and chins checked against a mug-shot
> database of murderers, drug dealers and other criminal suspects with
> arrest warrants.

Forwarding the previous similar message to one of our work mailing
lists resulted in the suggestion that we should now is the time
to invest in the novelty mask industry.

Peter
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Peter van Heusden <pvh at egenetics.com>
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