Of course the FBI has been doing this and I don't actually have a problem with it. Matching data between established government agency databases seems like a smart thing to do.<p>This is VERY different from what the NSA has been doing. No privacy has been compromised here.
Why shouldn't they? There is no issue of search or seizure here. Unless you never step outside your home, you should have no expectation that your face's features are private.
I thought this was public knowledge, iirc certain states (NJ And possibly others) ask you not is mile because it ostensibly makes recognition easier.<p>A Source:
rt.com/usa/license-jersey-recognition-face-956/
I would've really like to know more about the case uses of this technology. I think FR is way too inaccurate to pick up people from a crowd based on the driver's license photo database. I think they probably use it for some sort of offline comparison of two pictures.