<p>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />| The London Riots and Facial Recognition Technology<br />| from the digital-mobs-fighting-real-mobs dept.<br />| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 10, @02:19 (Crime)<br />| with 441 comments<br />| <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000013/!x-usc:https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/10/062225/The-London-Riots-and-Facial-Recognition-Technology?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/10/062225/The-London-Riots-and-Facial-Recognition-Technology?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</span></span></a><br />+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />nonprofiteer writes "A bunch of vigilantes are organizing a Google Group<br />dedicated to using recently revealed [0]facial recognition tools to<br />[1]identify looters in the London riots. While Vancouver discussed doing<br />something similar after the Stanley Cup riots, the city never actually<br />moved forward on it. Ring of Steel London, though, is [2]far more likely<br />to incorporate FRT into its investigative work." A related article points<br />out how development of face-recognition technology has been [3]kept under<br />wraps by some organizations, but [4]we're getting to the point where<br />it'll soon be ubiquitous.<br /><br />Discuss this story at:<br /><a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000013/!x-usc:https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/10/062225/The-London-Riots-and-Facial-Recognition-Technology?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/10/062225/The-London-Riots-and-Facial-Recognition-Technology?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</span></span></a><br /><br />Links:<br />0. <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000013/!x-usc:http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/01/1533210/How-Face-Recognition-Can-Uncover-SSNs"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/01/1533210/How-Face-Recognition-Can-Uncover-SSNs</span></span></a><br />1. <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000013/!x-usc:http://blogs.forbes.com/kashmirhill/2011/08/09/will-london-riots-be-the-turning-point-for-facial-recognition-as-crime-fighting-tool/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://blogs.forbes.com/kashmirhill/2011/08/09/will-london-riots-be-the-turning-point-for-facial-recognition-as-crime-fighting-tool/</span></span></a><br />2. <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000013/!x-usc:http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/09/google-group-members-to-use-facial-recognition-to-identify-london-rioter/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/09/google-group-members-to-use-facial-recognition-to-identify-london-rioter/</span></span></a><br />3. <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000013/!x-usc:http://www.slate.com/id/2299134/pagenum/all/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://www.slate.com/id/2299134/pagenum/all/</span></span></a><br />4. <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000013/!x-usc:http://www.motherboard.tv/2011/8/9/the-cop-iphone-app-that-knows-your-face-and-can-send-you-to-jail"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://www.motherboard.tv/2011/8/9/the-cop-iphone-app-that-knows-your-face-and-can-send-you-to-jail</span></span></a></p>