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Revised Summery of Article 1: Face Recognition.
Due to Covid-19 Risks, nine schools in North Ayrshire have introduced face recognition for children to pay for their lunch without using card payments and Fingerprint scanners. In other continents, banned the technology and stated that it is not covered under the same laws as DNA and fingerprints.
Article 1: Facial Recognition to take payments at school.
Nine schools have begun taking payment from children for lunch by using facial recognition software to automatically identify each student.
The system which the schools in North Ayrshire claim will speed up queues and reduce the Covid-19 risks of card payments and fingerprint scanners, is being launched today.
Similar uses in America schools have led to states such New York temporarily banning the technology. Fraser Sampson, the Biometric commissioner for England and Wales – whose predecessors have complained the facial recognition technology is not covered under the same laws as DNA and fingerprints- said if there is a less intrusive way for children to pay for their lunches, then it should be used. Despite the outcry following this event – that the technology was not regulated on an equal footing to other biometrics, such as fingerprints and DNA, despite potentially being even more invasive- no legislation had been introduced putting it on an equal statutory footingMy Opinion;
The usage of this technology is far for being safe, it has began as an application software by (Woody Bledsoe, Helen Chan Wolf and Charles Bisson) whose work focuses on teaching computers to recognize human faces. Then it has be evolved by (Takeo Kanade) publicly demonstrated a face-matching system that located anatomical features such the chin and calculated the distance ratio between facial features without human interventions. Later test revealed that the system could not always reliably identify facial features. In 1993 the ( Defense Advanced research project Agency (DARPA) and the Army research Laboratory (ARL) ) established the face recognition technology program (FERET) to develop “Automatic face recognition capabilities” that could be employed in productive real life environment “ To assissecurity, intelligence, law enforcement personnel in the performance of their duties”.
The list goes on who perfected the technology, the issue is that from something that has started from conception to be used for software application that today we are using as such as opening of laptops and mobile phones, the technology has been evolved for Army and Law enforcements. Which is good for public saftey but it is not safe especially when it comes to Children in schools. In the Data protection law, someone cannot post or make public a face of a minor on any platform due to predators or other dark individuals/organizations. My opinion is that in schools this cannot be happening, we should leave children as innocent as possible and not starting collecting data of face recognitions from a young age, which potentially can be leaked and used by predators or malicious organizations. It has to be legalized and monitored by law especially when it comes to private entities using this technology.Article 1: Facial Recognition to take payments at school.
Nine schools have begun taking payment from children for lunch by using facial recognition software to automatically identify each student.
The system which the schools in North Ayrshire claim will speed up queues and reduce the Covid-19 risks of card payments and fingerprint scanners, is being launched today.
Similar uses in America schools have led to states such New York temporarily banning the technology. Fraser Sampson, the Biometric commissioner for England and Wales – whose predecessors have complained the facial recognition technology is not covered under the same laws as DNA and fingerprints- said if there is a less intrusive way for children to pay for their lunches, then it should be used. Despite the outcry following this event – that the technology was not regulated on an equal footing to other biometrics, such as fingerprints and DNA, despite potentially being even more invasive- no legislation had been introduced putting it on an equal statutory footingMy Opinion;
The usage of this technology is far for being safe, it has began as an application software by (Woody Bledsoe, Helen Chan Wolf and Charles Bisson) whose work focuses on teaching computers to recognize human faces. Then it has be evolved by (Takeo Kanade) publicly demonstrated a face-matching system that located anatomical features such the chin and calculated the distance ratio between facial features without human interventions. Later test revealed that the system could not always reliably identify facial features. In 1993 the ( Defense Advanced research project Agency (DARPA) and the Army research Laboratory (ARL) ) established the face recognition technology program (FERET) to develop “Automatic face recognition capabilities” that could be employed in productive real life environment “ To assist security, intelligence, law enforcement personnel in the performance of their duties”.
The list goes on who perfected the technology, the issue is that from something that has started from conception to be used for software application that today we are using as such as opening of laptops and mobile phones, the technology has been evolved for Army and Law enforcements. Which is good for public saftey but it is not safe especially when it comes to Children in schools. In the Data protection law, someone cannot post or make public a face of a minor on any platform due to predators or other dark individuals/organizations. My opinion is that in schools this cannot be happening, we should leave children as innocent as possible and not starting collecting data of face recognitions from a young age, which potentially can be leaked and used by predators or malicious organizations. It has to be legalized and monitored by law especially when it comes to private entities using this technology.Pollution Vs Greener pastures
Being in the Construction industry, I see a lot of things that we need to improve for the environment, It might sound ironic being a construction Contractor speaking about the environment. However, yes we need to improve the pollution issue, this is the most fundamental one that we need to work on I believe, so we enjoy our lives better.
At present we have a lot of vehicles, we cannot do nothing about this, we cannot order the population when they can use they vehicles, but we can incentivize Euro 6 for trucks, low emission cars and battery powered. Also we can do Grants for energy efficiency in new buildings to reduce heating and power usage by keeping our homes and properties hotter in winter and colder in Summer. These grants are already established and active, I believe that the authorities they need to make this accessible all year round and not in seasonable fashion.
Our country has its own resources that might other countries strive to have them, we have the sea that is everywhere around the island, we have the wind that is always at some point windy and finally we have the Sun. If we harness these in an efficient way, I believe that we will be more an environmentally friendly country.
Further, we need more green parks to enjoy, relax and spend time with our loved ones, also we need to whined down form our hectic lives and spend more time outdoors and enjoy our beautiful country.