Facebook + Surveillance Footage = Solved

Arstechnica has a story about New Zealand police using Facebook to catch a criminal. They posted the footage on their facebook page, and in a few hours they knew the identity of the perp.  How’s that for creative crime solving?

Now the real questions:

  • Did they have a megapixel camera?
  • When will facebook add facial recognition to its face tagging feature?
  • If  facebook had facial recognition, would police departments everywhere add crime photos and the like in aims of getting a quick recognition? (People are already getting served via facebook, it’s not too far off)

Check out the story here.  Thanks Ars.

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One Response to Facebook + Surveillance Footage = Solved

  1. [...] good questions are pointed from dnfcorp for instance in relation with the NewZealand police “Facebook [...]

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