Poznan Protest, Photographic Surveillance, Facial Recognition and Busted at the Rose Bowl

In 1956 there was an anti-government protest in Poznan, Poland.  Wikipedia describes it at this link.  At the link is a picture of protesters with the caption blow it:  "We demand bread!" (secret police photo).  Perhaps those pictured in the photo got more from the government than bread?

"The death toll was placed between 57^[3] and over a hundred people,<sup>[2]"

Afterward what was the follow up on photographs in the secret police files?

Jump to modern times:  https://www.rt.com/news/327751-poland-poznan-democracy-protest/ 

No deaths in this anti government protest in Poznan but many pictures:</sup>

High resolution photography was an advanced science in 1956.  Now it is digital using even more advanced technology.  Like facial recognition using Artificial Intelligence.

I have made many prior blog entries related to gigapixel photography and surveillance.  Therefore I know that the latest example is the 2016 Rose Bowl.

http://gigapixel.panoramas.com/rosebowl/2016/

Check out the link.  Resolution is amazing.  My iPhone can do facial recognition.  If there was an app for that an I could apply it to the gigapixel photo I think it could find my sister and her husband among all the spectators at the Rose Bowl.  Or it could find anyone else for whom I had a good picture or several pictures.  The same technology can be applied to any gathering of people.  Like the protesters in Poznan.

Get the picture?

Photo Intelligence busted this guy holding a beer at the Rose Bowl:

 From this link:

"Or there’s the recent trend toward “gigapixel” super-high resolution photos of enormous sporting events, where the more than 100,000 attendees are not only perfectly identifiable, but are encouraged to helpfully tag themselves and their friends. It takes only 2 minutes and 40 seconds to photograph an entire stadium, and the company specializing in the process says it typically has eight such projects every weekend."

This link asks the question: "What happens when facial recognition tools are available to everyone?"

Things like this happen: http://www.biometricupdate.com/201601/facial-recognition-at-your-front-door-with-doorbird 

And this, posted to the WWW 22 hours ago:  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241185200_Improving_ATM_security_via_face_recognition

Volunteers needed, non Asian faces only!  

http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/technology/expect-a-facial-recognition-app-on-your-phone-this-year 

This is a roundup of 20 emotion recognition tools:  http://nordicapis.com/20-emotion-recognition-apis-that-will-leave-you-impressed-and-concerned/  It would be interesting to apply these tools to the gigapixel photos of the Rose Bowl over the course of the game!

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