News that I didn’t have time to write about in November last year. The federal government of Australia plans to create a database of photo-id images. I’m not sure if this is just the National Facial Biometric Matching Capability renamed.
“A Face Identification Service (FIS) is expected to commence in 2017 to help determine the identity of unknown persons. It will be used for investigations of serious offences by specialist officers.”
Couldn’t be less detail or description or explanation in this statement.
https://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/IdentitySecurity/Pages/Face-verification-service.aspx
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/australias-new-facial-verification-system-goes-live-441484
http://www.zdnet.com/article/australian-face-verification-service-starts-with-citizenship-imagery/
Am I a super-recognizer? 