Ybor City Adopts Face Recognition in Public Areas
Police in Ybor City, Florida are installing remote-control cameras equipped with facial recognition software in public areas. When the software detects a facial resemblance to a person in a "mug shot" database, the police are summoned to accost the suspect.Tampa Police Scan Public, Slashdot, July 1, 2001.
Ybor police cameras go spy-tech, St. Petersburg Times, June 30, 2001.
Tampa uses cameras to scan for wanted faces, CNN (AP), July 2, 2001.
Tampa Implements Big Brother, Majority Leader Web Site, July 2, 2001.
Tampa Scans the Faces in Its Crowds for Criminals, New York Times, July 4, 2001 (registration required).
Colorado will map all drivers' faces into "3D" database, Declan McCullagh�s Politechbot.com, July 5, 2001.
England turning into a surveillance state, Mercury Center News, July 4, 2001.
Surveillance Cameras Incite Protest, New York Times (AP), July 16, 2001 (registration required).
Facial-recognition tech has people pegged, CNN.com (IDG), July 17, 2001.
Smart cameras will spot the guilty before they commit a crime, The Observer, July 24, 2001.
Matching Faces With Mug Shots Software for Police, Others Stirs Privacy Concerns, Washington Post, August 1, 2001.
Tampa Face-Recognition Vote Rattles Privacy Group � Update, Newsbytes, August 3, 2001.
