Posted on 09/02/2003 6:31:40 AM PDT by Brian S
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:41:06 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Camera technology designed to spot potential terrorists by their facial characteristics at airports failed its first major test, a report from the airport that tested the technology shows.
Last year, two separate face-recognition systems at Boston's Logan Airport failed 96 times to detect volunteers who played potential terrorists as they passed security checkpoints during a three-month test period, the airport's analysis says. The systems correctly detected them 153 times.
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