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Airport Anti-terror Systems Flub Tests
USA Today ^ | 09-01-03

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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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; facerecognition; logan

1 posted on 09/02/2003 6:31:42 AM PDT by Brian S
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To: Brian S
Better put a sell in for your Identix and Visage (VISG) stock first thing today. OUCH!!!!!!!
2 posted on 09/02/2003 7:37:31 AM PDT by herkbird
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