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The US Government Is Dramatically Expanding The Use Of Facial Recognition Technology
The Economic Collapse Blog ^ | 10/12/2024 | Michael Snyder

Posted on 10/12/2024 8:56:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Do you want to live in a society where you are required to have your face scanned wherever you go? If not, you may want to speak up now while you still can. As you will see below, the U.S. government is aggressively expanding the use of facial recognition technology for identification verification purposes. For now, the use of facial recognition technology will be optional. But as we have seen before, once a voluntary option is adopted by enough people our leaders have a way of making it mandatory. Of course it isn’t just our government that is pushing facial recognition technology. It is popping up throughout our society, and given enough time it would literally be everywhere.

Login.gov is billed as “a single sign-on solution for US government websites”, and now users of Login.gov will be given the option to use facial recognition technology to verify their identities

An online hub for Americans to access benefits and services across the federal government is giving its users a new option to sign on.

The General Services Administration will begin offering facial recognition technology as an option for users of Login.gov, a one-stop for government-provided public services, to verify their identities.

GSA’s Technology Transformation Services announced Wednesday it will allow Login.gov users to verify their identity online through facial technology that meets standards set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s 800-63-3 Identity Assurance Level 2 (IAL2) guidelines.

We are being told that this will help reduce identity theft and fraud, and I don’t know anyone that likes identity theft and fraud.

But do we really want to live in a dystopian world where our faces are constantly being scanned all the time?

I certainly don’t.

We are being told that this new facial recognition system will rely on “best-in-class facial matching algorithms”

After months of testing and a delay in 2023, users will now be able to verify their identity using a ‘proven facial matching technology’ approved by the General Services Administration, which will follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and will rely on ‘best-in-class facial matching algorithms’

All of this sounds really creepy to me.

And this is certainly a way for the government to start getting all of our faces into a giant database.

Login.gov already has more than 100 million users, and lots of them will inevitably choose the “convenience” and “security” of facial recognition…

Federal agencies use Login.gov for people to verify their identities when logging in to access government benefits and services. The offering has over 100 million users already across over 50 federal and state agencies, and this news could affect how future users have to verify their identity to access information and benefits.

“Proving your identity is a critical step in receiving many government benefits and services, and we want to ensure we are making that as easy and secure as possible for members of the public, while protecting against identity theft and fraud,” said GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan in a statement.

For now, you will still be able to use other identification verification options.

But once most people start using facial recognition, those other options could easily be taken away.

Sadly, it isn’t just the government that we need to be concerned about.

AI programs such as ChatGPT have turned out to be quite adept at identifying faces…

Using “a crafted prompt designed to bypass the safeguard mechanisms of ChatGPT,” the researchers were able to test the program’s biometric capabilities – which they found to be significant.

“Our study reveals that ChatGPT recognizes facial identities and differentiates between two facial images with considerable accuracy,” says their summary. “Additionally, experimental results demonstrate remarkable performance in gender detection and reasonable accuracy for the age estimation tasks.”

Even more alarming is what a couple of Harvard students have been able to accomplish.

They integrated PimEyes facial recognition software into a pair of Meta’s smart glasses, and they were able to instantly pull up the personal information of strangers by scanning their faces

Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses offer an iconic wearable packed with some smart features that allow users to engage in a hands-free experience. Two Harvard students have integrated smart glasses with a facial recognition system that helps automatically dox strangers and access their information in public.

According to 404media, the facial recognition system called I-XRAY can be used to retrieve information such as phone numbers, addresses, or even social security numbers of strangers. All the user needs to do is look at the person. While software capabilities have been making the rounds, it is the hardware running the software that has been the talk of the town, which is Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses.

Nguyen and Ardayfio created I-XRAY using Meta’s smart glasses along with PimEyes facial recognition software, which is currently the largest search engine. The entire system of fetching information on the individual is automatic, and the smart glasses start digging the data as soon as the face is in the frame.

If we stay on the current trajectory that we are on, it would likely only be a matter of time before this sort of technology is everywhere.

Can you imagine what criminals could do with this?

A predator would not even need to follow you home. He could just scan your face without you even realizing it, and by scanning your face he could get your address, your phone number, and a whole host of other private details about your life.

A lot of people out there just don’t get it.

In a society without any privacy, the bad guys can always find you.

Of course in a society without any privacy, there would be no hiding from tyranny either.

When facial recognition technology is literally everywhere, there will be nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.

Every time your face is scanned, your location will be known.

Needless to say, most people already carry around phones that constantly monitor where they are anyway.

But as the Big Brother surveillance grid that is being constructed all around us becomes even more pervasive, it won’t be too long before there is literally no opting out.

I have been a very vocal advocate for privacy for over a decade, but during that time our privacy rights have been greatly eroded.

Now is the time to take a stand, because once our privacy rights are completely gone it will be nearly impossible to get them back.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Government; Society
KEYWORDS: 1984; ai; android; bigbrother; facialrecognition; government; ios; personofinterest; surveillance

1 posted on 10/12/2024 8:56:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Bkmk


2 posted on 10/12/2024 9:01:19 PM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: SeekAndFind

We are no longer free. Occupied.


3 posted on 10/12/2024 9:04:29 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

Everything must happen as prophesied in the Bible of Almighty God.

But we can see this Godless Reprobate World Government coming.


The following (IMHO) describes the 10-toes kingdom of Satan’s Antichrist - 10 regions

Daniel 7:23
King James Version

23 Thus he said, The Fourth Beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon Earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole Earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%207%3A23&version=KJV


The End of the 10 Toes Kingdom of the Antichrist


Daniel 2:34
King James Version

34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+2%3A34&version=KJV


Daniel 2:45
King James Version

45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+2%3A45&version=KJV


4 posted on 10/12/2024 9:15:16 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SeekAndFind

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/f3D-printed-hyper-realistic-human-face-masks


5 posted on 10/12/2024 9:18:15 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: SeekAndFind
When Satan, the god of this world 🌎; gets his New World Order there will be virtually no place to escape nor hide for the coming 7 years of 'Peace and Security'.

Especially during the last 3-1/2 years. THEN shall be Great Tribulation and the Mark of the Antichrist Beast.

(ONE World Government.)

And they will accomplish this goal, I'm very sorry to say. But there is hope in the Messiah.

A New World Order is prophesied in Daniel 7:23.

The Antichrist IS coming.

Scoffers and mockers will be surprised.

Have Faith - Jesus Christ Himself WILL destroy the Antichrist, the False Prophet and the Godless Globalist acolytes.

But they will do tremendous damage.

The Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, will release the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse upon their New World Order.

Luke 21:34-36

And the Secular Godless Reprobate Globalists will be deceived by the False Prophet and the False Messiah Antichrist





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6 posted on 10/12/2024 9:20:23 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s not new. You’ve been watched for years.


7 posted on 10/12/2024 9:26:26 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: SeekAndFind

Login.gov already has more than 100 million users,

Yeah...I was forced into signing up to access social security. Not only do you have to create your login, you have to d/l some other program to use in conjunction with it. You have a couple of choices that I can’t recall at the moment.
So far I have not done that because ...well just because.

Not a fan.


8 posted on 10/13/2024 2:39:17 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Big Brother technology.


9 posted on 10/13/2024 4:05:51 AM PDT by Mlheureux
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To: SeekAndFind

TSA taking pictures now at airports


10 posted on 10/13/2024 4:09:33 AM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is the stuff of nightmares.


11 posted on 10/13/2024 4:12:10 AM PDT by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread”)
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To: SeekAndFind

How does this facial recognition technology account for significant rapid weight gain and/or loss? The topologies of superficial features like cheeks, chin, forehead, brow, jaw line, upper neck, nape of the neck, nose, jowls...In cases of morbid obesity, they all get blown out of proportion to the extent that a comparison of “before and after” significant rapid weight gain/loss facial topologies would suggest that they look like two different people.


12 posted on 10/13/2024 4:20:12 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This technology continues no matter who we elect into office. No boundaries.

We’ve accepted the conveniences of technology, now we will be subject to the dangers of it.

My guess is most people do not see where this is headed, and will go along with it right off the cliff.

Freedom? Will we still call this the land of the free when the telscreens are everywhere like in the book 1984?


13 posted on 10/13/2024 5:10:13 AM PDT by xenia (In a Time of Universal Deceit — Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act - George Orwell)
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To: SeekAndFind

Anyone flown lately? They photo identify at every check in. They already got your picture.


14 posted on 10/13/2024 5:42:49 AM PDT by pghbjugop
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To: SeekAndFind
The future is dystopian. One could write a science fiction novel about a past human civilization more advanced than ours, but they lost control of their own technology - were enslaved by it - and had to fight a bloody war to free themselves, destroy the tech, and then bury and eradicate all evidence so as to prevent the liberated survivors of repeating that mistake. (shades of butlerian jihad). At the end of the novel you find out this global civilization was called 'Atlantis'.

OOPARTS.

15 posted on 10/13/2024 5:56:40 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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