The Week June 18, 2018
The government is obsessed with your face. Do not be flattered. This is more of a creepy stalker fixation.
From the federal Department of Homeland Security down to local police
departments, governmental use of biometric facial recognition software
has gained a startling amount of traction in recent years. And these
agencies are getting help from big business, to boot.
For example, DHS is reportedly
developing a massive new biometric and biographic database with
extensive data on citizens and foreigners alike. The Homeland Advanced
Recognition Technology (HART) database will reportedly include at least
seven biometric identifiers, including face and voice data, tattoos,
DNA, scars, and other "physical descriptors" on as many as
500 million people. The agency has been remarkably hush-hush on how
HART will be utilized — but the possibilities are frightening.
DHS expects to launch the new database next fiscal year, according to internal documents.
By the following year, they anticipate having iris and facial matching
capabilities, and by fiscal year 2021, the database is expected to be
functioning in its full capacity. This massive and intrusive initiative
will grant a whole host of federal, state, and local agencies access to
intimate details about hundreds of millions of Americans and foreigners.
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