Interim Report on Face Recognition from Palm Beach
Interim results of a test of face-recognition surveillance technology obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union from Palm Beach International Airport confirm previous results showing that the technology is ineffective. According to documents released to the ACLU pursuant to a request under Florida's open-records law (the "Sunshine" law), the system failed to match volunteer employees who had been entered into the database 503 out of 958 times, or 53 percent of the time. Even with recent, high quality photographs and subjects who were not trying to fool the system, the face-recognition technology was less accurate than a coin toss. Airport Face Scanner Failed Wired News, May 16, 2002
Palm Beach Report (pdf)
ACLU Face Recognition Page
Richard Smith�s Expert Report on Face Recognition Fall 2001
