UNLIKELY BEDFELLOWS The ACLU and Rep. Dick Armey, R. Texas, are teaming up to oppose video face scanning. Both the conservative Texan and the liberal lobby group consider the video facial scan system an invasion of privacy. In 2001, Visonics Corp. teamed with 36 Tampa police video cameras to scan faces in crowds against a database of known criminals. The software system managed to identify 19 wanted criminals during this year's Super Bowl. The Florida police, however, were not able to catch any of the known suspects. VIDEO RACISM Virginia Beach law enforcement officials announced they are seeking funds for a video camera face ID system similar to the one deployed by Tampa police. However, several members of the local minority community voiced deep concerns over "video racial profiling" by over-zealous police forces. Both the Virginia Beach Police and the Virginia State Police came under fire from minority groups after the poor handling of summer riots at the sea-side resort. DIGITAL DANGER According to the New York Times, a new internet study shows that one in five children who go on-line regularly is approached by strangers for sex. RSA MISSES TARGET RSA Security, the number one encryption provider, missed its target profits. Wall Street wizards expected RSA to deliver .17 a share but the real figure is .03 or .04 per share. RSA also provides digital signature technology used by companies to file official documents with the edgar data base at the SEC. **************************************************************** Pcyphered SIGNATURE: 1E34D5D38E43307832E260778990B2E386998E620CFFCDB858029A21C38DC642 FB742E311888CBC4D19A5660F0CB5E16D8AF4CD811BE63BFC70FAD4570E91D71 BC266F0502A0E903 **************************************************************** OFFICIAL SOFTWAR COMMUNICATION VERIFIED BY DIGITAL SIGNATURE SOFTWAR EMAIL NEWSLETTER COPYRIGHT (C) 2001 SOFTWAR INC. 07/13/01 TO UNSUBSCRIBE REPLY WITH UNSUBSCRIBE AS SUBJECT
