For Your Safety: Watching Your Every Move

doitvoluntarily (77) in technology • 7 years ago

In response to the alleged terror attacks that have taken place at music venues and sporting events globally, anti-terror efforts are being increased as a result.

Sports security at the Sydney Cricket Ground is now on steroids, with roughly 800 new facial recognition cameras that have been installed to look over every single seat and every corner. The system costs over $3.5 million and the grand surveillance system has also been installed at the Sydney Football Stadium.

This is reportedly the first time that this system is being used for a major sporting event in the country.

And they say that they want folks visiting the stadiums to feel comforted by the new extra measures.

An enhanced surveillance system is also going to be used at the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo that's been designed by NEC Corp. And that system has been described as one of the most accurate in the world.

That system that they are using is allegedly so efficient that it's alleged that it can distinguish between identical twins.

Facial recognition software can be found in a myriad of different places in the market today: banks, airports, casinos, restaurants, hotels, retail stores, and more. It's been used for years now to help companies investigate things like customer engagement with billboards and menus.

The technology can also be used to estimate the mood of shoppers in malls and track their gaze to see what things they look at as they pass through a certain location etc.

It's also being used at hotels and casinos to identify VIPs and guests who've been banned from the hotel. Same thing with sporting events, the facial recognition is also helping to identify troublesome fans who might have been banned from the venue. The technology has also been used to help the police to identify criminals and search for missing persons.

Aside from the various companies that might be interested in the data, the government has also acknowledged that it plans to use these enhanced surveillance systems to improve their CCTV network. In China they've been working on a system there that they hope will be able to locate any one of its over 1+ billion citizens in just 3 seconds flat.

In some tests, the facial recognition technology has demonstrated over 99 percent accuracy in matching.

But tech experts insist that they aren't fool-proof. These systems can allegedly be thrown off by simple changes such as wearing glasses or changing your hairstyle, or a scarf that might be covering part of the face. Age can also play a part, because if the police for example have a certain image of someone that they are looking for, someone to match with that image, they might be using an image that is several years old.

The police have falsely identified people on numerous occasions using facial recognition technology.

Some states, like Illinois, have legislation in place that seeks to protect citizens from having their biometric information collected and stored by a company without their notification or consent. If they do collect the data and share it, they can be sued and they have been.

Facebook has allegedly played a detrimental role in helping to erode these laws in a variety of states. And we know that there are already a great deal of businesses that are currently using facial recognition software today and we don't know who they might be sharing that information with.

A Disgusting Procedure In A 'Free Society'

Civil liberties advocates have warned about the dangers of expanding this sort of technology into various aspects of our life and what that will mean for our semblance of privacy. It's been painted as an effort to promote safety and security but it feels like the sort of surveillance contraption you'd read about in a dystopian novel like 1984. It is something you'd expect to find in a draconian state and not a free society.

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Sources:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5231977/800-facial-recognition-cameras-installed-SCG.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliewu/2017/12/31/big-burger-is-watching-you-and-other-ways-facial-recognition-software-is-entering-foodservice/#754a22636c4d
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/08/04/facebook_is_fighting_biometric_facial_recognition_privacy_laws.html
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/facial-recognition-cameras-to-protect-cricket-fans-at-scg/news-story/edd5cb7f7327cdb4afad6e276650c89a
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11969363
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https://wearechange.org/1984-scotland-yard-police-chief-wants-put-cctv-homes/

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journeyoflife (67) · 7 years ago

It’s so difficult in today’s world to even feel safe with all the cameras and people trying to keep us safe but the question is , are we really safe ?

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gavinthegreat (59) · 7 years ago

I have developed a love hate relationship with tech at this point. Not much we can do stop it either..

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karenmckersie (74) · 7 years ago

Agreed !👍👍👍

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greycrasan (44) · 7 years ago

We should just start wearing masks everywhere. This whole business of tracking people is abhorrent.

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msabolik (42) · 7 years ago

Air pollution masks will do the job.. :) http://bit.ly/2CGdoWm

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tgheretic (40) · 7 years ago

First off, it's not a free society, so everyone that believes they live in a free society needs to quit using that term. Whether you live in Australia, the U.S.A, UK, or any other western society, if your using the term free society, or freedom, simply ask yourself this: How can people delegate rights they do not have in the first place to other people who also do not posses those rights?

When you realize that no human has the right to rule another, you realize that that makes it impossible for anyone to acquire the right to rule or have authority over others. Therefore there is just an illusion of authority that people are trained from birth to follow and not really question how did these people actually get into a position of power and claim authority over others in the first place?

I never gave consent to anyone, anywhere to make laws (threats) against me. I never signed a contract with anyone for that purpose. And if you go vote, you are supporting that fact that someone can rule, steal, use violence against you and yes, spy on you. So voting is just voting for a nicer master.

And yes. I'm stuck in this system as well as everyone else. I just recognize that authority is an illusion and a dangerous belief that has lasted for millennia and people still don't understand that it's an abstract belief.

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arbitrarykitten (66) · 7 years ago (edited)

One of my colleagues was sent on a mission by our paper three years ago. It was a busy summer Friday with several conventions in town, a couple cruise ships docked, and it was the height of tourist season so there were an extra hundred thousand plus people milling about.

He began walking at the south side of downtown Seattle and walked all over downtown to end up on the North side about 6 hours later.

Throughout the day he would stop in a restaurant or shop and change into a different disguise, all left by one of about 20 of us.

He utilized wigs, glasses, obese padding, bandaids on the face, makeup, and even dressed like a woman a couple of times. He hopped on and off busses, and took a cab once.

The editor then went to the authorities and brought a photo of his normal look to see how well the surveillance was.

He was tracked the entire time. Even through the disguises the machines picked up on his bone structure and gait.

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jakeduck (40) · 7 years ago

Dayummmmm

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mocknbird (30) · 7 years ago

spooky

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karenmckersie (74) · 7 years ago

OMG ! @doitvoluntarily ! this definitely gives a whole new maening to "Big Brother Is Watching You !!" And theres no escaping it eigther in my small town theres cameras everywhere ! Another reason for me to move to country ! lol! even if i still need to shop in town and occasionally go out to events at least it will only be a minimal part of the time ! Maybe i will just stay in the country and garden and go fishing instead ! lol! thanks for sharing more of todays technology with us all , loved your post ! Upped and resteemed !!👍👍👍✌💕

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blaineb (58) · 7 years ago

Thought crime a la Minority Report isn't far off.

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mocknbird (30) · 7 years ago

exactly...we knew it was just a matter of time. How long til those creepy spidery things start slipping under doorways to see who's in your house?

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blaineb (58) · 7 years ago

They dont have to sneek in, we wiretap our own homes with google home and the like. We charge our tracking/comms devices every night by our bedside

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jeffjagoe (72) · 7 years ago

Wow that is crazy. Cameras that can detect a persons mood?

What about all those 'resting bitch face' people out there...

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ace108 (77) · 7 years ago

Give new meaning to the term "watching sports". :-)

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azriel1977 (32) · 7 years ago

Crucial information. You have to be a moron to think you can getaway with criminal activity with this type of sophisticated technology. Safety is Life.

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joendegz (61) · 7 years ago

we are entering a time of big brother watching, its good if used for the right reasons but knowing how goverments behave it can be used for spying on citizens which is a worrying trend for most people, am scared that i wont have any freedom and privacy

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seanmalex (48) · 7 years ago

Woww...what a great evolution of science and technology.

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comrade (46) · 7 years ago

Nice post! With the wave of terror attacks all over the world, the need to be extra vigilant cannot be ever-emphasized. I follow and up vote you.

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mocknbird (30) · 7 years ago

I'm not sure if you're serious or being sarcastic

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tiffanyrej (52) · 7 years ago

Technology sure came a long way already to the point that it seems to endanger someones privacy. Though facial recognition seems OK, I still think it's far from perfect.

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michaelizer (62) · 7 years ago (edited)

Wow man, really nice post. I live in Venezuela and obviously we don't have that kind of 'tech' here yet, and it sounds amazing and terrorific at the same time. Because, yeah you will feel ''safe'' but aware that you are being monitored 24/7 everywhere you go. Again great post, didn't know that camera system was that advanced today.

Check out my profile if you can and tell me what you think, cheers.

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rival (67) · 7 years ago

It's getting crazy nowadays...

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azen (48) · 7 years ago

Very intresting

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utpolbiswas (41) · 7 years ago

Great post. Very good information beautiful thanks for sharing

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jakeduck (40) · 7 years ago

while a Police State is a huge and incredibly worrisome situation. I am way more worried about where Artificial Intelligence is headed...seems like some are pretty adamant with the extinction of Human Kind. Eeeeekkkk

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shahfahad096 (36) · 7 years ago

2018 will be tech year

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littlejoeward (54) · 7 years ago

Wow, I don't even know what to say... There must be a solution to this...

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tonysayers33 (66) · 7 years ago

Last year the US government PAID a UK media company to make fake 'terror' videos on its behalf. This was in the main stream media too yet there was literally not an ounce of outrage from the British public! I talk about it here.

Thanks for this post

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rizalrizal (42) · 7 years ago

nice

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codeschool (44) · 7 years ago

This is the "floppy disk" version of "usb 3.0". It's going to get a lot more advanced in the next decades.

Right now there's work on "group emotion recognition" https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.03820 and related emotional recognition systems.

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mocknbird (30) · 7 years ago

makes me wonder how anybody gets away with crime anymore. Seriously, why do we still have bank robbery, unsolved murders, hit and runs... and, does anyone really feel safer?

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pydevnopro (38) · 7 years ago

In this century, even if I feel watched all the time like in the book "1984 - Big Brother", I don`t fell safe yet.

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For Your Safety: Watching Your Every Move

In response to the alleged terror attacks that have taken place at music venues and sporting events globally, anti-terror efforts are being increased as a result.

This is reportedly the first time that this system is being used for a major sporting event in the country.

The technology can also be used to estimate the mood of shoppers in malls and track their gaze to see what things they look at as they pass through a certain location etc.

In some tests, the facial recognition technology has demonstrated over 99 percent accuracy in matching.

The police have falsely identified people on numerous occasions using facial recognition technology.

A Disgusting Procedure In A 'Free Society'

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