The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has released a Request for Proposal for an Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS) to be used by police officers across the country to identify criminals, missing people, and unidentified dead bodies, as well as for “crime prevention”.
Working:
Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS) works by maintaining a large database with photos and videos of peoples’ faces.
Then, a new image of an unidentified person — often taken from CCTV footage — is compared to the existing database to find a match and identify the person.
The artificial intelligence technology used for pattern-finding and matching is called “neural networks”.
Debate:
Benefits: While fingerprints and iris scans provide far more accurate matching results, automatic facial recognition is an easier solution especially for identification amongst crowds.
Concerns:
Government can abuse facial recognition technology, as it can be used as tool of control and risks inaccurate results.
India should take note of the ongoing privacy debate in the US. Indian citizens are more vulnerable in the absence of a Data Protection Law.
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