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German minister seeks facial recognition at airports, train stations

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Super Recognisers instead of software?

People with exceptional memory for faces have been way more effective for the Met than facial recognition software in identifying crims based on images - cope better with subject aging / hiding parts of face too.

They (Met) reckon 10+ years before facial recognition software can out perform their super recogniser team

e.g info at

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/08/super-recognisers-scotland-yard

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