Comments on: Face scans for air passengers to begin in UK http://rinf.com/alt-news/sicence-technology/face-scans-for-air-passengers-to-begin-in-uk/3124/ Breaking News, Alternative News & Media Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:53:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Aldo http://rinf.com/alt-news/sicence-technology/face-scans-for-air-passengers-to-begin-in-uk/3124/#comment-35090 Aldo Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:35:15 +0000 http://rinf.com/alt-news/sicence-technology/face-scans-for-air-passengers-to-begin-in-uk/3124/#comment-35090 I have nothing to hid and abide by all the laws of the UK and anywhere I travel to, but I now simply won't travel under this type data collection, I feel this is a step too far just to travel around in an airplane that could be downed from the ground with a Surface to air missile, it would be much easier for terrorist to attack an airplane from the ground without risk to himself... So i am asking myself, will this face scan save me from the terrorists? A... No Chance I have nothing to hid and abide by all the laws of the UK and anywhere I travel to, but I now simply won’t travel under this type data collection, I feel this is a step too far just to travel around in an airplane that could be downed from the ground with a Surface to air missile, it would be much easier for terrorist to attack an airplane from the ground without risk to himself… So i am asking myself, will this face scan save me from the terrorists?

A… No Chance

]]> By: steve k http://rinf.com/alt-news/sicence-technology/face-scans-for-air-passengers-to-begin-in-uk/3124/#comment-33926 steve k Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:10:28 +0000 http://rinf.com/alt-news/sicence-technology/face-scans-for-air-passengers-to-begin-in-uk/3124/#comment-33926 As stated in the article a computer face regognition system is seriousely flawed and i cannot believe that a computer can see a potential criminal behaviour pattern such as extreme nervousness and sweating , fidgiting ect ect that a human would obviousely pick up on . Also there is a serious concern as too the data on a person that may be stored , what happens if you are flagged as a false positive will that data be removed or kept , and what with the recent appalling track record recently of personal data going missing by U.K. governmental departments , just how safe will that stored data be and what assurances have we got that data recorded will only be used for benign purposess? . As stated in the article a computer face regognition system is seriousely flawed and i cannot believe that a computer can see a potential criminal behaviour pattern such as extreme nervousness and sweating , fidgiting ect ect that a human would obviousely pick up on . Also there is a serious concern as too the data on a person that may be stored , what happens if you are flagged as a false positive will that data be removed or kept , and what with the recent appalling track record recently of personal data going missing by U.K. governmental departments , just how safe will that stored data be and what assurances have we got that data recorded will only be used for benign purposess? .

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