rss
07-13-2016, 05:06 AM
The FBI has quietly gathered 400,000 iris scans
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/2PUwjQBlm1OinaQyCqJSr_elTFc=/575x323/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F143116%2FGettyImages-72326316.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=The+FBI+has+quietly+gathered+400%2C000+iris+s cans&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F12%2Fi ris-scan-database%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07 %2F12%2Firis-scan-database%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
The FBI has quietly been collecting iris scans from 434,000 people over the last three years during a "pilot program" involving multiple police departments, the Pentagon and U.S. border patrol, according to a report published Tuesday (http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/12/12148044/fbi-iris-pilot-program-ngi-biometric-database-aclu-privacy-act) on The Verge.
The project, which was launched in September 2013 (https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/fingerprints_biometrics/ngi), has seen the FBI collaborate with agencies in Texas, Missouri and California, according to documents obtained by the site.
In California, the counties of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardi** have contributed scans, with the latter's sheriff's department*harvesting more than 200,000 scans alone.*An average of 189 iris scans were collected every day at the start of 2016. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/iris-scan-database/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Privacy (http://mashable.com/category/privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Fbi (http://mashable.com/category/fbi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iris Scans (http://mashable.com/category/iris-scans/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iris (http://mashable.com/category/iris/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Us World (http://mashable.com/category/us-world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/VAXXqzVYf-w
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/2PUwjQBlm1OinaQyCqJSr_elTFc=/575x323/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F143116%2FGettyImages-72326316.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=The+FBI+has+quietly+gathered+400%2C000+iris+s cans&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F12%2Fi ris-scan-database%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07 %2F12%2Firis-scan-database%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
The FBI has quietly been collecting iris scans from 434,000 people over the last three years during a "pilot program" involving multiple police departments, the Pentagon and U.S. border patrol, according to a report published Tuesday (http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/12/12148044/fbi-iris-pilot-program-ngi-biometric-database-aclu-privacy-act) on The Verge.
The project, which was launched in September 2013 (https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/fingerprints_biometrics/ngi), has seen the FBI collaborate with agencies in Texas, Missouri and California, according to documents obtained by the site.
In California, the counties of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardi** have contributed scans, with the latter's sheriff's department*harvesting more than 200,000 scans alone.*An average of 189 iris scans were collected every day at the start of 2016. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/iris-scan-database/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Privacy (http://mashable.com/category/privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Fbi (http://mashable.com/category/fbi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iris Scans (http://mashable.com/category/iris-scans/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iris (http://mashable.com/category/iris/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Us World (http://mashable.com/category/us-world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/VAXXqzVYf-w