The delicate balance between privacy and security.
Ron Cadie, vice president at PelcoMatch, demonstrates the effectiveness of the company’s facial recognition system, which can store a database of the facial features of known criminals or terrorists. Cadie set off the alarm by passing a photo of Osama bin Laden through a test detector at Fresno Yosemite airport. (AL SEIB / Los Angeles Times)
Manuel Gonzalez of PelcoMatch watches computer images of airline passengers as they proceed past a face recognition camera at the Fresno airport. The camera shoots a digital image as airline passengers walk through metal detectors, sending the image to computers which scans the face with known criminals for a possible match. (GARY KAZANJIAN / For The Times)
