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They can't get biometric data from a face though.
Unless they have 3D scanning cameras baked in, there is no way for the camera to know the real depth of the face features.
This sounds like they're just scanning faces against a set of identified easy targets. If they get a match of an easy target they kidnap that person.
The app just determines skin color and goes from there.
Are you sure this is up to date information?
Edit: The reason I say this is because of this post: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48773975/21833637
Yes. Biometric data is a unique pattern for certain biological features. Fingerprints are an easy one, the retina is another. These are relatively simple 3D projections onto a 2D surface. The distances between pattern landmarks are recorded as the biometric data.
This is facial recognition at most. Facial recognition is flawed, as it isn't a 3D projection onto a 2D surface, it is a 3D projection estimated from a 2D image.
Without the actual distance measurements and ratios, there is no "biometric signature." It could be done, but like I said, you'd need 3D cameras, and phones are not capable of processing that.
I hear you. But this is the government, he's probably using a government device. Not a samsung or apple off the shelf.
Trust me, a Samsung or Apple off the shelf is gonna be better than anything issued to the field.
or, it gives them an excuse to detain people.