NSW Government recording features for facial recognition
By Gemma Jones
From: The Daily Telegraph
June 03, 2010 8:25AM
Facial recognition expers say few people realise that their features are being recorded / The Daily Telegraph
面部識別專家說，很少有人意識到他們的特徵正被記錄 /每日電訊報
THE New South Wales Government is quietly compiling a mathematical map of almost every adult's face, sharing information that allows law enforcement to track people by CCTV.
新南威爾士州政府正在悄悄地編制，幾乎每個成年人的臉譜的數學地圖，分享資料使執法人員可用閉路電視跟踪人。
Experts said yesterday few people realised their facial features were being recorded in an RTA database of drivers licence photos that the Government has allowed both state and federal police to access, The Daily Telegraph reports.
專家昨天說，很少有人意識到他們的面部特徵，被記錄在駕駛執照照片的RTA數據庫中，政府已允許州和聯邦警察進入，每日電訊報報導。
The federal body CrimTrac has asked NSW for its database so it can be mined nationally by police using the facial recognition information contained in it.
罪犯追查的聯邦機構已要求新南威爾士州的數據庫，以便它可以在國內由警察發掘，使用裝載於它之內的面部識別資料。
University experts in facial recognition said the correct match rate was as low as 90 per cent, meaning the names of people with faces sharing a similar structure to criminals could be returned in searches.
大學的面部識別專家說，正確的匹配率是低至百分之九十，意即人的姓名及面容分享一類似罪犯的結構，可以返回搜索。
Dr Carolyn Semmler from the University of Adelaide said police wanted to eventually use facial recognition in smart CCTV cameras allowing people to be tracked anywhere there was a camera.
來自阿德萊德大學的卡羅琳塞姆勒搏士說，警方希望最終在智能閉路電視攝影機使用面部識別，讓衹要有一有攝影機人們隨時隨地都可被跟踪。
Some airports, such as Singapore, employ facial recognition technology and the US is considering using it at border crossings.
一些機場例如新加坡，在僱用面部識別技術，和美國正在考慮在邊境口岸使用它。
"Police hope that at some point an individual can be tracked," Dr Semmler said yesterday.
Professor Sowmya Arcot from the University of NSW said a "matrix of numbers" based on features and the distance between facial structures was derived using an algorithm applied to a photograph of a face.
That could then be matched to other faces stored in a database.
NSW Opposition police spokesman Mike Gallacher said most people were unaware their face had been mapped when they applied for or had their licences renewed, allowing them to potentially be tracked.
"Over 20 years ago we had a debate about the Australia card and the people of this country showed where they stood in relation to the government knowing people's movements," he said.
"The push for this into the future has far greater ramifications than some old Australia card.
"I have a concern about a lack of public debate."
The RTA began compiling its facial recognition database last December.
Roads Minister David Borger said it would be shared with other government agencies.
"While the facial recognition system is in its early stages, the RTA will co-operate with other agencies wherever possible," he said.
"The RTA already provides information to the police, and will co-operate with other state or federal law enforcement agencies."
He said the technology was also preventing fraud and stopping people obtaining multiple licences.
A spokeswoman for CrimTrac said its board of management had granted approval for a project proposal for a nation facial recognition capability.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/nsw-government-recording-features-for-facial-recognition/story-e6freuzr-1225874819392
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