Most people don’t like CCTV and the idea that their every move is recorded.  3VR has a new system that will continue to “think of the children” while blurring out regular folks.

The technology uses 3VR’s recently patented face-recognition algorithms to home in on known faces in crowds. An image-scrambling algorithm then blurs the faces and bodies of those who are not of interest and encrypts the blur pattern so that no one but the operator of the technology can unscramble it

“This allows you to search for people on watch lists, for instance, but without capturing massive databases of innocent people,” says Stephen Russell, 3VR’s chairman. The company aims to supply the equipment to banks and retail chains so they can analyse CCTV footage for known suspects who install card skimmers on ATMs, for example.

I suspect multi-colored outfits are going to be the new hoodies in crime.