The Department of Homeland Security will test facial recognition software capabilities at a September 21 hockey game in the state of Washington, Computerworld reports. The Tri-Cities Toyota Center can seat 6,000 fans. Twenty specific faces will be sought by the technology, called the Biometric Optical Surveillance System (BOSS). A privacy impact assessment in 2012 found the technology was capable of capturing images of an individual from 50 to 100 meters away and can be set up to track an individual as he or she moves. Fans will be allowed to opt out and sit in an area without cameras; no names will be collected, and only government researchers will see the images, the report states.
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