Friday, December 10, 2010

New Face-Rec audit for New York Driver's Licenses

Transit Sam (Downtown Express, NYC)
Dear Transit Sam,
My daughter’s driver’s license is coming up for renewal soon. I understand that a new face photo recognition system is now in place. My concern, in addition to privacy and identity theft issues, is where is this information going to be sent or stored or how will the information be used? Do you have any idea who is doing this for DMV?
Contained in the answer to the reader's question is a description of a really cool auditing and verification process that should be adopted everywhere.

Please, read the whole thing; it's short but sweet.