It has come to our attention that a link we provided in a previous update no longer works. The link was to an ISO document that contained the specific standards for the digital facial image mandated under the Real ID Act 2005. The standard is the international standard for facial recognition, a biometric.
We are now providing the actual document in PDF form. ISO/IEC CD 19794-5 Annex D Biometric Data Interchange Formats — Part 5: Face Image Data
We are aware that callers to senator's office are being told biometrics is not mentioned in the PASS Act. That is a true statement. What is required is the exact same digital facial scan called for in the Real ID Act 2005.
It was in the rule making process that the deceit became apparent in the Real ID Act. On page 68 of the NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rule Making) (a document available on our web-site) there is a footnote at the bottom of the page (footnote 17). In very small print it states the following:
"17 The relevant ICAO standard is ICAO 9303 Part 1 Vol 2, specifically ISO/IEC 19794-5 - Information technology - Biometric data interchange formats - Part 5: Face image data, which is incorporated into ICAO 9303."
In an earlier update we provided a link to ISO/IEC 19794-5. That is the link that no longer works. The document has been pulled by the "powers to be". We now have that document up on our web-site in the "download center". Download the document/open it up and go to page 34,-section 8.4.1. You will find the standard for the digital facial scan required within the Real ID Act. The same wording appears in the PASS Act. A digital facial scan is required in the PASS Act.
The point is when you are told biometrics are not a component of the PASS Act do not believe the person you are speaking with. The same deceit occurred with the Real ID Act. It was only in the Real ID Act rule making process that DHS disclosed the standard for the facial image. We are witnessing history repeat itself with the PASS Act.
In today's (HSNW) Homeland Security Newswire http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/single.php?id=8275 there is a story about improvements in facial recognition technology. The relevant part of the story reads as follows:
"They found that their technique is not only faster and works with low resolution images, such as those produced by standard CCTV cameras, but also solves the variation problems caused by different light levels and shadows, viewing direction, pose, and facial expressions. It can even see through certain types of disguises such as facial hair and glasses"
PLEASE PEOPLE HEED OUR WARNINGS - WE DO NOT SAY OR WRITE ANYTHING THAT WE CANNOT DOCUMENT-WE HAVE SAID FOR YEARS THE CONCEPT OF USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AND CCTV/SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IS NOT ORWELLIAN. THE FACT IS IN 2001 THE PEOPLE WHO ENTERED RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM FOR THE SUPER BOWL HAD THEIR FACIAL IMAGE SCANNED AND COMPARED TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASE CONTAINING THE DIGITAL FACIAL SCANS OF PEOPLE OF HAD WANTS OR WARRANTS FOR THEIR ARREST. http://www.notbored.org/face-misrecognition.html
AT THE TIME THE TECHNOLOGY DID NOT WORK WELL IN SPITE OF THE FALSE CLAIMS OF THE COMPANY. THE TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPROVED. MANY TIMES SINCE THE SUPER BOWL FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AND CCTV/SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS HAVE BEEN USED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN REAL TIME. NOW THE FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AND CCTV TECHNOLOGY HAVE IMPROVED. BELIEVE US, WE DOCUMENT WHAT WE SAY AND WRITE- DHS WANTS ALL AMERICANS ENROLLED IN A SINGLE GLOBAL BIOMETIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, IT IS NOT ABOUT SECURITY BUT RATHER CONTROL. THE REAL ID ACT AND NOW THE PASS ACT WILL ENROLL AMERICANS INTO THIS GLOBAL BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM.
PLEASE, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO OUR PREVIOUS UPDATE AND READ IT, THEN CALL THE SENATORS LISTED. THANK YOU. A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME FOR A LIFETIME OF FREEDOM!!!!
