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From: David Moss
Sent: 21 August 2008 09:46
To: Marek Rejman-Greene
Subject: Machines to scan faces of travellers at UK airports, Christopher
Hope, 19 August 2008
Dear Mr Rejman-Greene
I append a letter I have sent to the Daily Telegraph which speaks for
itself.
This matter is being debated, among other places, at http://forum.no2id.net/viewtopic.php?t=23692&start=0
The various initiatives to use facial recognition in the UK and elsewhere
defy all logic, in view of the evidence, and your contribution to the
debate would be welcomed.
Yours sincerely
David Moss
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From: David Moss
Sent: 20 August 2008 11:27
To: 'dtletters@telegraph.co.uk'
Subject: Machines to scan faces of travellers at UK airports,
Christopher Hope, 19 August 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/2582164/Machines-to-scan-faces-of-travellers-at-UK-airports.html
Sir
Mr Marek Rejman-Greene is Head of the Home Office Biometrics Centre
of Expertise.
He is also co-author of a February 2003 report into the feasibility
of using biometrics commissioned by the Home Office. According to his
report, "face recognition is not strong enough to uniquely identify
one person in a population of 50 million" and, when it comes to
verifying people's identity, "even under relatively good conditions,
face recognition fails to approach the required performance".
It would be appreciated if Mr Rejman-Greene would explain to the public
why facial recognition is now being introduced at UK airports.
Yours
David Moss
References
http://dematerialisedid.com/PDFs/feasibility_study031111_v2.pdf
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