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As a result of Stratfor’s exposure, a controversial security company called TrapWire, Inc., selling security software of the same name, was also pushed into the limelight. According to an RT.com report, TrapWire is the brain-child of a furtive security intelligence company called Abraxas Applications, Inc., headquartered in Northern Virginia. ...
Abraxas’ employees include ex-CIA members and security officials boasting strong ties to the federal government’s intelligence community ...
The private intelligence firm works hand-in-hand with citizen suspicion reporting programs such as “See Something, Say Something” in New York and Las Vegas, as well as iWatch in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. ...
In internal emails recently disclosed by WikiLeaks, Fred Burton, Stratfor’s Vice President of Intelligence, shared that the program has the technology to track suspects through the use of modern facial recognition software via CCTV cameras installed in major cities from Las Vegas to Washington, D.C.
Anonymous, who initially released the emails, claims that TrapWire has access to virtually all CCTV cameras with Internet capabilities.
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Caught in the Trap
But before you freak out... Right now, store cameras will identify you and the store will email you coupons, all linked through your Facebook account. Just one example, for instance:
New York Daily News
Facedeals: New app uses facial recognition to ID you for discounts
MICHAEL WALSH Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Red Pepper — an advertising agency specializing in marketing technologies — has announced that it is finalizing testing for Facedeals, a facial recognition-marketing app. Still in its preliminary stages, the software has generated criticism from those who think this technology crosses the line. For others, however, Facedeals represents the next exciting step in customizable marketing.
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(BTW, this was hardcoded, as RoR also considers Google Chrome to be "gimpy.")
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