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Not sure if this technology will be fool proof. I can imagine some hacks coming out such as holding up a picture up to the camera to fool it… In a test with 500 people ranging in age from their teens to their 60s, this software was able to identify adults with 90% accuracy. Distinguishing teenagers from twenty-somethings is more difficult. So when the software cannot make a judgment call, the customer needs to insert a license to prove their age. If the machine can make a match with the license photo, it will sell cigarettes.” |
November 5th, 2007
I knew a lot of underage people that looked 30, what then?
November 5th, 2007
They would make lots of money buying cigarettes for their friends…
November 5th, 2007
Don’t they, already? Though, it is a felony in Canada to provide cigarettes to a minor, AFAIK.
November 5th, 2007
Canada has places for felons?
November 6th, 2007
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November 9th, 2007
Defeating this would be very easy and will become a sport for kids there they might even get by waring a rubber mask also face recognition is extremely unreliable in real world situations.
So a mismatch between the pic on the license and the photo from the cam will happen about 40% of the time which will really tick off adults who happen to look young causing lost sales people may even choose to not use machines with this feature afterwards.
Lasty it’s a felony to sell cigarettes to minors in Canada?
Talk about harsh that country must be ran by a bunch of nazis and other four letter descriptives not suitable to post here .
A fine of $400 to 5000 against the retailer depending on number of times and severity of the infraction is more then enough punishment.