Unexpected Places You Can Be Tracked With Facial Recognition Technology

1. The streets of America: In the fall, police officers from 40 departments will hit the streets armed with the Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System (MORIS) device

2. The DMV: Slightly fewer than half of the DMVs in the US have the capacity to run your picture through biometric databases.

3. Las Vegas casinos, and Kraft and Adidas stores: For years Las Vegas casinos have used various forms of facial recognition to identify card-counters.

4. Bars: SceneTap, an app developed by a Chicago company uses information from facial recognition cameras planted in bars to determine the ratio of women to men and the average age of customers.

5. All of Japan: As far as commercial uses of facial recognition technology, Japan is way ahead of the curve