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Date: 2002-01-04

Face Recognition oder Waehlen in Uganda


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Man nehme: ein zu bekämpfendes Verbrechen, Biometrietechnologie und
eine Firma, die dieselbe herstellt und erhalte die Aussicht auf eine
Datenbank mit den biometrischen Daten aller wahlberechtigten Bürger. Mit
der lässt sich dann allerlei anderes anstellen, zur Verbrechensbekämpfung,
selbstverständlich.

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Thursday December 20, 9:54 am Eastern Time Press Release

SOURCE: Viisage Technology

Government Of Uganda Expands Face Recognition Voter System

Electoral Commission Purchases Additional Viisage Licenses

LITTLETON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2001--Viisage Technology,
Inc. (NASDAQ: [16]VISG - [17]news), the leader in face-recognition
technology and identification systems and solutions, announced today that
the Government of Uganda's Electoral Commission has purchased 82
additional workstation licenses to expand its current Viisage face recognition
system that has been implemented to reduce potential voter registration fraud.

The additional workstation licenses will allow Uganda to expand its current
system to support the demand for a greater number of system users.
According to the Secretary of the Electoral Commission, A. Muwonge,
``Viisage's system has met and exceeded our expectations, resulting in the
need for us to expand our current licenses. The level of support we have
received from Viisage confirms that we have partnered with the right
company.''

The system implemented from Viisage supports a database containing more
than ten million images. The project requires that a digital image be acquired
for every registered voter and validated for the purpose of eliminating duplicate
registrations within the ten million voter registration database.

Tom Colatosti, Viisage President and CEO, states, ``We are extremely
pleased that our face-recognition technology has been so effective in meeting
the Government of Uganda's electoral needs that they have decided to
expand the use of their system. This additional order further demonstrates
the robustness of our technology to successfully help reduce identity fraud,
while improving personal privacy.''

About Viisage Technology

[...]

Viisage provides a full family of face recognition products.
FaceEXPLORER(TM) is a powerful and scalable image retrieval and analysis
database product, used to combat identity fraud - it is implemented in the
world's largest face recognition system with more than 8 million enrolled
images. FaceFINDER(TM), acclaimed for its processing speed, is the
industry's most widely implemented surveillance and identification system - it
is installed in more than 100 casinos worldwide and has been deployed to
improve security at premier sporting events. FacePASS(TM) (for PC, Mobile,
& Internet) provides secure authentication for PC, Internet and e-commerce
connections. FacePIN(TM) offers consumers convenient and private
verification for point-of-sale transactions such as ATMs. FacePASS(TM)
(keyless entry/physical access) is a practical security solution for keyless
entry to secure facilities, such as offices, dormitories and government
facilities. FaceTOOLS(TM) is a leadership Software Developers Kit that
enables application providers the ability to develop and customize unique
customer and market applications.

[...]

Volltext: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/011220/202207_1.html
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published on: 2002-01-04
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