“The whole vision behind the track at the first place,” says Varitone CEO Ryan Steelberg, “If we are not allowed to track people’s faces, how would we help us try to identify criminals or malicious behavior or activity? “Steelberg says, where facial identity is not legally allowed, except for tracking these individuals, when faces are unclear or not visible, it is allowed to track.
This product has criticized the American Civil Liberties Union, after learning this device MIT Technology ReviewSay was the first example he saw about the non -biometric tracking system used in the United States. He warned that it raises many privacy concerns such as facial recognition, but also introduces new people at a time when the Trump administration is urging federal agencies to increase the monitoring of protesters, immigrants and students.
Verton showed us a track in which he analyzed people in footage from different environments from January 6 to subway stations. You can use it to find people by specifying physical size, gender, hair color and style, shoes, clothing and various accessories. The device then can submit the timelines, which detects a person with different locations and video feeds. It can be accessed through Amazon and Microsoft Cloud Platforms.
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In an interview, Steelberg said the number of tracks for identification of people will continue to increase. When asked if the track distinguishes the skin’s head, a company spokesperson said it uses the algorithm to use the algorithm, but this software does not allow users to find people through skin color. The track currently only works on the recorded video, but Steelberg claims that the company is less than a year since being able to run directly on video feeds.
Agencies using track can add footage from police body cameras, drones, public videos on YouTube, or so -called citizens’ footage (color cameras or cell phones, for example) in response to police requests.
Steelberg says, “We like to call it our Jason Borne app. He expects the technology to come under scrutiny in judicial cases, but says,” I hope we are just as forgiving people as we are helping the police in search of bad people. ” The company says it is its fastest growing market, including clients in places, including California, Washington, Colorado, New Jersey and Illinois.
This rapid extension has begun to create alarm in some circles. Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst in ACLU, Is written In 2019, artificial intelligence someday will accelerate the painful task of combing through monitoring footage, regardless of whether there is a crime. Since then, many police tech companies have been creating a video analytical system, for example, when a person enters a particular area. However, Stanley says, the track is the first product he has seen that special people are technically possible.