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Re: Face-Recognition Technology Improves
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sidney Markowitz)
Fri Mar 14 23:40:16 2003
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From: "Sidney Markowitz" <sidney@sidney.com>
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Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 17:18:16 +1300
> In addition, only one subject in 100 is falsely linked
> to an image in the data base in the top systems.
Wow, 99% accuracy for false positives! That means only a little more than
750000 people a year mistakenly detained for questioning in Atlanta
HartsField Airport (ATL), and even fewer at the less busy airports (source
Airports Council International, 10 Busiest Airports in US by Number of
Passengers, 2001).
-- sidney markowitz
sidney@sidney.com
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