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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