Providing recognition for large venues
Along with the massive government biometric databases available today, we are seeing an increase in the use of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) for surveillance and monitoring. Some of the examples include the following:
- Employing FRT to observe individuals as they travel through airports and train stations.
- Providing real-time threat management by monitoring traffic in large venues such as shopping malls.
- Using the technology in stores to deter theft. In some cases, a known thief’s face is shared among other retailers, which can ban that individual from entering the stores.
Because of the advances in FRT, surveillance and monitoring can be done in large venues to monitor for threats. One example is the use of this technology at Taylor Swift concerts. Taylor Swift is a popular American singer-songwriter. Because of the threat of stalkers attending the concerts, security experts built a facial recognition system...
