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Thursday, May 05, 2011

Ind. Gov't. - "The same high-tech tool that tracked and matched terrorist Osama bin Laden is fighting crime right here in Indiana" at the BMV.

The WTHR 13 story by Jennie Runevitch is available here. The story begins:

The same high-tech tool that tracked and matched terrorist Osama bin Laden is fighting crime right here in Indiana.

It's facial recognition technology and it is hard at work protecting people every day at the BMV. In fact, every time you come to get your driver's license, facial recognition technology is hard at work. When they take your picture and you stand in front of the blue screen, they use the software to detect fraud.

The software needs an unobstructed view of your face, which is why you can't smile, wear a hat or even glasses to be photographed for your license. The BMV takes your picture and runs it against a database of 6 million photos to make sure there isn't a match; that is, your photo on someone else's license illegally.

Be sure to watch the video.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 5, 2011 09:26 AM
Posted to Indiana Government