18.12.2012 - 08:15 [ Stratrisks ]

Surveillance State: Ecuador Implements “World’s First” Countrywide Facial- and Voice-Recognition System

When authorities want to ID speakers on an intercepted call, the recording is entered into the database, which provides a match with what SpeechPro claims is about 97 percent accuracy. The system that the firm says it has provided to Ecuador also allows authorities to accumulate a large image database of suspects, with a facial recognition tool that supplements the so-called “VoiceGrid.