Our biometric future : facial recognition technology and the culture of surveillance /

Gates, Kelly,

Our biometric future : facial recognition technology and the culture of surveillance / Kelly A. Gates. - 1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations. - Critical cultural communication . - Critical cultural communication. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : experimenting with the face -- Facial recognition technology from the lab to the marketplace -- Police power and the "smart CCTV" experiment -- "Finding the face of terror in data" -- Inventing the security-conscious, tech-savvy citizen -- Automated facial expression analysis and the mobilization of affect.

9780814733035 (e-book)


Biometric identification.
Face--Identification.


Electronic books.

TK7882.B56 / G38 2011

363.2/32