However, such a program has raised grave questions about the privacy safeguards in place and research ethics.
These projects could be faulty and prejudiced dread the civil liberties advocates.
The methodology of theNIST researchprogram also raises ethical questions.
Why Tattoos?
The 15,000 images of tattoos came from prisoners and arrestees never gave their consent.
The researchers only sought permission from supervisors only after they had carried out their initial research.
They also didnt reveal they data they were using came from pictures of prisoners and arrestees.
Why Tattoos?
A never seen before level of power has been given to law enforcement by these systems.
However, if used in actual investigations, it could lead to profiling and false positives.
Tattoos have also been a factor in immigration decisions.
source: www.techworm.net
