IP: Security Firms Call for Video-Surveillance Law (for spy cams)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
> To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
> Security Firms Call for Video-Surveillance Law
> By Andy Sullivan
>
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing a growing public backlash, the security
> industry called on Congress Wednesday to regulate the use of surveillance
> systems that match faces of people on the street with a database of known
> criminals.
>
> The developer of a prominent face-scanning system, along with the head of
> the industry trade group, said the federal government needed to step in to
> ensure that such systems could not be used by police or private corporations
> to track or compile profiles of innocent citizens.
>
> ``This discovery was intended to bring a benefit to society and the world,
> and my feeling about it is I need help from the federal government to make
> sure there is no room for misuse,'' said Dr. Joseph Atick, chief executive
> of Visionics Corp.
>
> --SNIP--
>
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20010808/pl/tech_privacy_surveillance_dc_1
> .html
>
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