<p>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />|  App Uses Facial Profiling To Identify Perps<br />|   from the  and-non-perps-as-well dept.<br />|   posted by timothy on Thursday July 14, @18:09  (Crime)<br />|   with 49 comments<br />|   <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/14/2120221/App-Uses-Facial-Profiling-To-Identify-Perps?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/14/2120221/App-Uses-Facial-Profiling-To-Identify-Perps?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br />+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />[0]Hugh  Pickens writes writes "Emily Steel writes that a new iPhone<br />accessory that  uses a picture of the person's face or iris to identify<br />them will [1]help  police units identify suspects and look up their<br />criminal record. To scan a  person's iris, police officers can hold the<br />special iris-scanning camera on  device, called MORIS, about 5 to 6 inches<br />away from an individual's irises.  After snapping a high resolution photo,<br />the MORIS system analyzes 235 unique  features in each iris and uses an<br />algorithm to match that person with their  identity if they are in the<br />database. To use the facial recognition system an  officer takes a photo<br />of a person at a distance of about 2 feet to 5 feet  that [2]analyzes<br />about 130 distinguishing points on the face (video), such as  the distance<br />between a person's eye and nose, then scans the database for  likely<br />matches. Bernard Melekian says challenges remain in developing  guidelines<br />for the proper use of the mobile recognition technology for police  work.<br />'If the purpose is to determine instantly an individual's identity  and<br />determine whether they are wanted or have serious criminal history,  that<br />is not only a desirable use, it is an important use,' says Melekian.  'To<br />simply collect information on individuals to add to the database  would<br />not in my opinion be a desirable use of the technology.'" The range  of<br />offenses for which conviction (and sometimes mere arrest) now  triggers<br />the collection of DNA samples is expanding; I suspect that  iris<br />information, seemingly less intrusive to collect, will soon enough  become<br />part of applications for passports, driver's licenses, and  concealed<br />carry permits.<br /><br />Discuss this story at:<br /> <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/14/2120221/App-Uses-Facial-Profiling-To-Identify-Perps?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/14/2120221/App-Uses-Facial-Profiling-To-Identify-Perps?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br /><br />Links:<br /> 0. <a href="http://hughpickens.com/">http://hughpickens.com/</a><br /> 1. <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/07/13/how-a-new-police-tool-for-face-recognition-works/">http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/07/13/how-a-new-police-tool-for-face-recognition-works/</a><br /> 2. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wkANapgWgE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wkANapgWgE</a></p>