Tuesday, May 26, 2009

No Smiling for DMV Driver's Licenses

I never liked when the DMV person would say, "smile" before taking my photo or renewing.  Now that more and more states are using facial recognition software to prevent identity theft, I don't have to worry about that.

Apparently, the smiles confuse the system by messing up the key points required to identify a person.  So far about 6,000 people have been prevented from getting a fake ID by this method.  Remember, no smiling!

Do you prefer to smile or have the serious look?

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