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Big Brother takes the Rotterdam tram

Published on : 12 September 2011 - 8:00pm | By Eric Beauchemin (NOS screenshot)
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Rotterdam is starting a year-long pilot project to catch people who’ve been banned from using the city’s public transport system. Facial recognition cameras have been placed on trams to detect these people. The driver will hear an alarm and alert the conductor.

Facial recognition is based on 20 unique characteristics. But experts have their doubts: people who wear a cap or sunglasses or who look down will be likely to avoid detection. Within a year, it should be clear whether conductors really do have an extra pair of eyes.

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Awesome Ted 13 September 2011 - 7:20pm

When the computers and machines rise up against us. (Don't laugh. Scientists know that it's not a matter of if but when.) This is one of the systems they'll to manage us when they're transporting us to the factories.

Anonymous 13 September 2011 - 2:55pm / cuba

Comunismo, Facismo, y hasta Nazismo Internacional,hay mesclado en este absurdo de seguridad.

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