webfact Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Face Recognition Equipment to be Installed at Thai Border CheckpointsBy Manop Thip-OsodBANGKOK – Speaking at a security seminar in Bangkok on Friday, police spokesman Pol Gen Prawut Thavornsiri said the face recognition equipment will be installed at every border checkpoint, to make the process of immigration screening more efficient and to prevent transnational crimes.Pol Gen Prawut said the bio-metric scanning technology scans facial features to detect if they match criminal profiles. Currently, it is difficult to identify the actual nationality of travelers and check if they have criminal records as some people use fake passports.Full story: http://www.chiangraitimes.com/face-recognition-equipment-to-be-installed-at-thai-border-checkpoints.html-- CHIANGRAI TIMES 2015-10-19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praematura Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 This going to cut into the Russian mobs Thailand trips... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 The only draw back with this system is maintenance, they must work all the time and seeing the equipment will be surrounded by personal without experience in IT or degree's in computers and probably using the fast track Thai method , possibly maintained by someone who thinks they are a gun in computers, this will test the border immigration skills and people wanting to enter Thailand patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) Trouble is we all look the same to them! Edited October 19, 2015 by JAG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 The only draw back with this system is maintenance, they must work all the time and seeing the equipment will be surrounded by personal without experience in IT or degree's in computers and probably using the fast track Thai method , possibly maintained by someone who thinks they are a gun in computers, this will test the border immigration skills and people wanting to enter Thailand patience. Correct, and not to mention that before corruption is gone the real bad guys won't go past the system. Still maybe this time they prove us wrong, i hope so because extra security as such is not bad. Just if its implemented badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clokwise Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 What happened to the fingerprint scanners which there were talking about not long ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 The only draw back with this system is maintenance, they must work all the time and seeing the equipment will be surrounded by personal without experience in IT or degree's in computers and probably using the fast track Thai method , possibly maintained by someone who thinks they are a gun in computers, this will test the border immigration skills and people wanting to enter Thailand patience. This technology along with fingerprint scanners has been in use at government departments for a few years now for attendance monitoring. My wife can't recall any problem in the 3+ years its been in operation where she works. They do have an IT guy employed to maintain it and the work computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikeith Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 A step forward, should put them in the Bars at Sungai golok, the place might have to close down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayduke Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) The procurement folks will budget for five thousand of these devices at five times market value. Two thousand of them will be delivered. A thousand of those will be transferred or re-assigned to 'inactive posts'. A few hundred will be put away in 'storage'. The rest will be installed, but a large number of those will be inoperative within a year or so. A few inbound travelers may actually have their photos taken. Edited October 19, 2015 by Hayduke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Reality Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 This could help them with all of the lost face they constantly obsessing over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 would be nice to read more stories about this 'has been done' instead of 'going to be done' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyT Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 good idea! can trace and kick out farangs who were banned to enter the kingdom and changed passport. it will make the air in Thai tourist spots much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 good idea! can trace and kick out farangs who were banned to enter the kingdom and changed passport. it will make the air in Thai tourist spots much better. A balanced post - appears to have a chip on both shoulders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 The plastic surgery industry might profit from this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1012 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 First establish a competant IT support structure within immigration. Then train the operators properly. Like the ones that were trained to use the false bomb detectors. I canot see these tools working properly for some time until a decent support structure is in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 What happened to the fingerprint scanners which there were talking about not long ago? ' Talking About ' might be the operative words here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I predict lots of "break downs" and "malfunctions". I wonder how they will handle false positives or other issues? What is the response time? What if no detection or recognition occurs? Let the people in manually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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