Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Data Mining

  • EU language biometrics projects: research for police and intelligence services

    EU language biometrics projects: research for police and intelligence services

    Voice samples can be analysed in order to identify unknown persons in tapped telephone conversations, audio chats and video files. If the technology were applied to internet nodes, then it would be of particular interest to intelligence services. The Speaker Identification Integrated Project (SIIP) on the use of speech biometrics by the police, co-financed by […]

  • Social Control by Software: A criticism of Predictive Policing

    Social Control by Software: A criticism of Predictive Policing

    Several German federal states are testing software for predicting crimes, others are already using it. The risk of “danger” or the recidivism of offenders is also to be calculated. However, a reduction in crime with the help of computer forecasts cannot yet be proven reliably. Instead, the applications are loaded with prejudice. Predictive policing is […]