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USA: FBI facial recognition system at “full operational capability” Bureau says database is for "utilizing biometrics as an investigative enabler."

17 September 2014

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"One of our biggest concerns about NGI has been the fact that it will include non-criminal as well as criminal face images. We now know that the FBI projects that by 2015, the database will include 4.3 million images taken for non-criminal purposes."

See the article: FBI facial recognition system at “full operational capability” Bureau says database is for "utilizing biometrics as an investigative enabler." (ars technica, link)

See also: FBI press release (pdf)

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