Face recognition: Will be used to stop underage drinkers buying alcohol Posted on 05/13/2008 2:55:30 PM PDT by BGHater
Underage drinkers who attempt to buy alcohol may be thwarted by the technology that police use to identify suspected criminals.
A supermarket chain is introducing face recognition cameras to prevent staff mistakenly selling cigarettes and alcohol to under-18s.
Face recognition: Will be used to stop underage drinkers buying alcohol
The biometric technology is being piloted by Budgens at one of its London branches.
If successful, it could be rolled out across the country to create a database of youngsters who try to buy alcohol.
The system alerts a cashier if it 'recognises' someone who has previously been unable to prove they are 18.
It is believed to be the first time a British retailer has used the technology in this way.
The software takes measurements between key points on the face to make a template of a person's features that is stored as a "token".
Customers' images are monitored and relayed to a control centre to be compared with under-18s already on record.
Future options include other retailers linking the scheme to their shops to create a giant database.
Critics, however, say the storage of this data could infringe civil liberties.
Police use face recognition technology to match CCTV footage of suspects with images of known offenders.
The technology will be tested at British airports this summer as another possible weapon against ID fraud.
Budgens is also testing biometric fingerprint recognition technology at six outlets to prevent staff skiving off.
The system prevents staff clocking in for each other - known as "buddy punching" - as the fingerprints of each employee are scanned when they start and end their shifts.
If successful, it could be rolled out across the country to create a database of youngsters who try to buy alcohol.'
Gotta have your priorities.
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NB- drinking age is 18.
Gotta have your priorities.
Hey, come on now. There’s no money to be had fighting REAL criminals. That actually costs the state.
Damn dangerous, too.
/johnny
No doubt the cost of this new technology will be absorbed into the price of alcohol. I sure hope this techy solution doesn’t trickle into the US... cheers!
Nobody ever brings that up. We have cameras encroaching on us constantly, but no one cares. Mr. Orwell really called this one.
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You can hope all you want, but resistance is futile. Alcohol bans are here and the taxes will get worse. There is no end in sight. Gubmint has been empowered. Stop me when anybody reading this finally gets it.
When they came for the drinkers during Prohibition, I did not speak out, as I was not a drinker.
When they came for the employees of the oldest profession in the world, I did not speak out, as I had no interest in purchasing sex.
When they came for the purveyors of what was deemed to be "obscene" or "offensive", I did not speak out, as I was not a fan of entertainers like Lenny Bruce or Howard Stern.
When they came to ban the female mammary gland from TV, I did not speak out, because Brian Boitano told me not to.
When they came for the marijuana smokers, I did not speak out, as I was not a marijuana smoker.
When they came for the steroid users, I did not speak out, as I was not a steroid user.
When they came for the _______ (insert nominally objectionable behavior here), I did not speak out as I was not a _________ (fill in the blank).
When they came for the fireworks buyer, I did not speak out, as I just sat on my lawn chair and watched the State sponsored 4th of July event
When they came for the pornographers, I did not speak out, as I was not a pornographer.
When they came for the people who don't wear seatbelts, I did not speak out, as I always wore my seatbelt.
When they came for the gun owners, I did not speak out, as I was not a gun owner.
When they came for the gamblers, I did not speak out, as I was not a gambler.
When they came for the "polluters", I did not speak out as I was not a polluter.
When they came for the SUV drivers, I did not speak out, as I did not drive an SUV.
When they came for the cigarette smokers, I did not speak out, as I was not a smoker.
When they came for the overweight and the obese, I did not speak out, as I was not overweight or obese.
When they came for the drinkers (again), I did not speak out, as I was not a drinker.
Then they came for me...and there was nobody left to speak out.
I say we form a LLP and become Voter Integrity Vigilantes at the perimeter of polling places nationwide....
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