Police’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology
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What is facial recognition technology?
- Facial recognition technology is a system that matches a human face from an image or video frame against a database of human faces. It does this by identifying and measuring facial features.
- Such a technology identifies the distinct features of a human face and creates a biometric map. This map is then matched to possible individuals in a database using algorithms.
What is the status of this technology in India?
- Facial recognition technology and similar surveillance technologies are being bankrolled by government programs like Smart City,
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