Since the 1960s, a significant effort has been underway to program computers to “see” the human face—to develop automated systems for identifying faces an

Since the 1960s, a significant effort has been underway to program computers to “see” the human face—to develop automated systems for identifying faces an

This book examines the proliferation of surveillance technologies&—such as facial recognition software and digital fingerprinting&—that have come to pervade

Biometric recognition-the automated recognition of individuals based on their behavioral and biological characteristic-is promoted as a way to help identify ter