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To: steve who wrote (16333)	1/11/2000 7:59:00 PM
From: steve	Respond to of 26039

To all, Apologies for the lack of proof reading. authentic should have been authenticate and 'jest' was meant to be 'gist'... jeez, where's Jean when you need her:) So with that out of the way, Thoughts??? From BIOMETRIC BREAKING NEWS January 11, 2000 Jersey City, NJ and Winchester, UK – Visionics Corporation announced in a press release that its automated facial recognition technology engine, FaceIt®, was used in a successful operation to identify known football – or soccer, as the game is called in the US - "hooligans" congregating in areas close to the stadium during a recent high profile match. The program was part of a joint operation between the Metropolitan Police Service, Newham Borough Council and the West Ham Football Club to reduce the amount of public unrest during high-profile sporting events. The watch list of "hooligans" compiled by the Metropolitan Police Service contained photos of individuals who had previously been arrested for inciting violence at sporting events. Hooligans are generally banned from football clubs and tend to gather at nearby pubs or on the streets, causing unrest there. As a result, the Metropolitan Police has been challenged to control crowd activity in the areas surrounding the stadium as well as in the stadium itself. Notes Dr. Joseph J. Atick, president and CEO of Visionics Corporation, "FaceIt® attempts to balance individual privacy rights with society's larger expectation of public safety – in this application, FaceIt® is set to alert law enforcement upon identifying a known criminal from an existing watch list. All other facial images are knocked out of the system." The cameras were strategically placed at nearby popular gathering places, passing the real time facial images back to a security control room within the West Ham stadium. FaceIt® compared all the facial images to the watch list and upon identifying a match, the system alerted on-site law enforcement officials. FaceIt® acted as an additional pair of eyes scanning the streets for known targets. The Newham Borough Council, pioneers in successfully using the FaceIt® system within their advanced CCTV control room to reduce crime by 70% in some estimates, also assisted in this initiative. Newham loaned and installed one of its remotely controlled CCTV camera units into to an area where the targets were expected to be seen before, during or after the event. Bob Lack, Security Operations Manager said, "We knew that with the correct technology and good intelligence passing between the Met Police and ourselves, we could translate the success we have had in Newham to this new environment. " visionics.com dss.state.ct.us steve

To: steve who wrote (16333)	1/11/2000 9:10:00 PM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

I don't interpret it that way. The certificates are the equivalent of secure mailers from one person to another, with the post office vouching for the address from which the message has come. The IDX stuff can go further, and allow the postman to vouch for the person who sent it. However, IDX doesn't play the role of postman in this system, or mail securer. That remains with the VRSNs of the world. Having Novell involved with IDX means that if the routing of messages is controlled by a Novell system, then the mailman's biometrics, if any, have to using IDX and not a competitor. As far as SET is concerned, I think they are direct competitors to VRSN and ENTU, and failing. If you notice the PR you quote, they are proposing a smart card personal verifier.