September 2001
Creepy Functions
From the editor in chief
By John Benditt
Consider one example of function creep. The Electoral Commission of Uganda has retained Viisage Technology to implement a face recognition system capable of enrolling 10 million voters in 60 days. The goal is to reduce voter registration fraud. But Woodward notes that the system might also be put to work fingering political opponents of the regime. And Uganda probably isn't the first country that springs to mind when someone says "due process" or "civil rights."
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