The FBI's Next Generation Identification (NGI) system is now fully
operational, after more than three years of development. The bureau announced today
that development on the project is complete, and it would be rolling
out new features for ongoing criminal notifications as well as a
controversial facial recognition feature called the Interstate Photo
System, or IPS. IPS will serve as "an image-searching capability of
photographs associated with criminal identities," according to the
release.
The facial recognition system has come under fire from privacy groups
for mixing traditional mug shot photos with non-criminal faces pulled
from employment records and background check databases. The system is
expected to collect as many as 52 million faces in total. Some in the
industry have also called out the IPS as ineffective,
based on its relatively low rate of success. For a given face, NGI
returns a list of 50 candidates, and only promises an 85 percent chance
that the suspect will be on the list.
Still, for anyone concerned about the privacy implications of facial
recognition tech, the new system is cause for alarm. Law enforcement
groups across the country will soon start working with the system, and
we're likely to see more stories like this one as the technology spreads.
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