By Dana Ford
The National Security Agency is reportedly capturing millions of
pictures each day, of people just like you and I, for the purpose of advancing
their facial recognition software. They now have software allowing them to
exploit the flood of images in emails, texts, social media, video conferences
such as Skype, and basically any other software in which images are sent and received.
The NSA is intercepting millions of images per day, but only about 55,000 of
these images are able to be entered into the facial recognition software, which
leaves millions unable to be entered in, leaving mass untapped potential. The
facial recognition software is a computer system that can automatically identify
a person by simply scanning an image or video of the individual. There is still
much work to be done on the software as it has difficulty matching
low-resolution images and side/angle photographs of people. It is currently unclear
exactly how many images the NSA has acquired, but it is extremely certain the
number is shockingly high.
I think that this is quite scary that they are intercepting our
personal and private images and video calls without us having any clue that it
is happening. They could be watching me right now I and I wouldn’t even know,
and this is quite a frightening thought. I do understand why they are doing it
though as these images will help enhance the software and help to solve major
security breaches and be a great help in all the crimes around the world, I
just wish they could acquire these images in a less creepy manor.
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