Cops hijack iPhones to photograph users face by piratenews

REAL WORLD EVENT DISCUSSIONS

Cops hijack iPhones to photograph users face

POSTED BY: PIRATENEWS
UPDATED: Thursday, June 17, 2010 08:17
SHORT URL:
VIEWED: 385
PAGE 1 of 1

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:40 PM

John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!

Police use iPhone app that can identify a suspect by taking a photo of their face

Police in the US are using an iPhone app to take photos of suspects and instantly compares them with a criminal database.

The app employs biometric information such as facial recognition software to help police identify suspects within seconds.

Known as MORIS (Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System), the system lets police officers take a photo of a suspect, upload it into a secure network where it is then analysed.

The system itself has been around for a number of years but this is the first time the iPhone’s unique combination of easy interface and high-end capability have been used by the police in this way.

If a biometric match is made, the identity, photo and background information about the suspect is transmitted back to the police officer's iPhone and displayed.

The app will be used by the gang unit at Brockton police in Massachusetts at first although if it is a success it will be taken on by other parts of the force.

It will eventually be used by 28 police departments and 14 sheriff departments in the state.

‘This is something the officers can access when they are out on the road,’ Police Chief William Conlon said.
Brockton is the first police force in the US to use the device – other departments are expected to receive them shortly.

The iPhone being used in Brockton equipped with the facial recognition application but iris and fingerprint identification applications are expected to be added in time.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1286831/Police-use-iPho
ne-app-identify-suspect-taking-photo-face.html

One more reason I don't spend $500/year on my own slavery.

NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:59 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Well, that and the fact that you don't make $500/year.

Mike

On this matter, make no mistake. I want you to go fuck yourself long and hard, as well as anyone who agrees with you. I got no use for you. --Auraptor

This vile and revolting malice - this is their true colors, always has been, you're just seeing it without the mask of justifications and excuses they hide it behind, is all. Make sure to remember it once they put the mask back on. --Fremdfirma

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:18 AM

DREAMTROVE

The cop is using the cops iPhone, not the suspects. Sure. While that is theoretically possible, it's unnecessary. You can take pictures of humans with any one of the billion camera planted around the planet. It's unlikely that a camera on a suspects phone will be in position to take a picture of his face at any given time, in fact it's very likely that you will get the inside of his pocket. Sure, any GPS will tell you where a suspect is, or at least his phone, I suspect this system will be more useful to us than it will to them, because they have no idea who the suspect is.

Think about it. We know exactly who they are, and they have no died who we are. There are probably around 5000 or so folks running what we call TPTB, and we can identify a fair number of them, they have seven billion of us to deal with, probably 500 million or so who know what they are up to. Of course, much more than knowing where they are, we will know where we are, and you ought to be able to see the strategic value of that.

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:17 AM

KWICKO

DT: Not to side with PN or anything, but the new iPhone 4 has a camera that faces you when you hold the phone in front of your face to read the menu. It's got two cameras, so you can video-chat with someone.

And with the accelerometers that know the camera's position and attitude, it wouldn't be inconceivable that it could be used to take pictures of you remotely. Your phone might be watching you watching it. :)

That really doesn't bother me overly much, though. I figure anyone hacking into someone's iPhone camera is likely to be treated to some unwelcome "chat roulette" footage more often than they'd like! ;)

Mike

On this matter, make no mistake. I want you to go fuck yourself long and hard, as well as anyone who agrees with you. I got no use for you. --Auraptor

This vile and revolting malice - this is their true colors, always has been, you're just seeing it without the mask of justifications and excuses they hide it behind, is all. Make sure to remember it once they put the mask back on. --Fremdfirma

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

YOUR OPTIONS

SHARE THREAD

NEW POSTS TODAY

USER	POST DATE

USER

POST DATE