Police use BriefCam to identify people by their gender, body size and color of their skin (Updated)
BriefCam's "Transforming Video into Actionable Intelligence" allows law enforcement and retailers to secretly identify people by their gender, body size, color, direction, speed and more.
BriefCam's Video Synopsis version V allows police and retail stores to use surveillance cameras to identify individuals and cars in real-time.
No one knows where BriefCam is being used and by whom.
Through BriefCam's limited disclosures, we know it is being use in the "Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Disney, the Javits Convention Center and Smart City initiatives in Boston and Beverly Hills."
Watchlisting or "real-time alerting" goes hand-in-hand with biometric surveillance cameras.
NEC's NeoFace Watch software is being showcased at the International Security Expo 2018. NEC admits facial recognition is integral to smart cities.
"NEC and NPS will showcase a vast range of safety solutions to overcome challenges facing cities; including facial recognition system, automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS), CONNECT police platform, and video analytics solution. The solutions will form part of Safer Cities that NEC and NPS aim to build, to contribute to realize a safe and secure society for all citizens."
BriefCam, like NEC is so good at spying on everyone that even Homeland Security is impressed.
The Director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for the City of New Orleans, Aaron Miller said,
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Canon Inc. acquired BriefCam this past summer
According to an article in Globes, Canon Inc., purchased BriefCam for $90 million dollars this past July.
"No financial details about the deal were disclosed but sources inform "Globes" that Canon is paying $90 million for BriefCam, a handsome return on a company that has raised $15.6 million to date, according to IVC. Investors include Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Aviv Venture Capital and OurCrowd."
Fyi, Canon Inc. also owns Axis and Milestone Communications.
Police and retailers secretly use thermal imaging surveillance cameras
Looking through BriefCam's "Safe & Smart Cities" section reveals something truly frightening. Police departments are secretly using BriefCam's thermal imaging to spy on the public.
"BriefCam helps streamline law enforcement operations in numerous ways, from tracking and identifying suspects to proactive crime prevention. Officers are leveraging BriefCam by using the heat map surveillance features."
A look at BriefCam's partners list reveals that FLIR Systems thermal imaging is one of BriefCam's main selling points. A recent BriefCam articletitled "How Video Data Can Help Retailers Maximize Store Layout and Navigation" reveals that retailers are secretly using thermal imaging surveillance cameras.
"With Video Content Analytics, retailers can apply heat maps to easily understand where shoppers tend to concentrate and the areas where they dwell the longest." (To learn more click here.)
Think about that for a moment, police departments and retailers are secretly using thermal imaging surveillance cameras.
Police smartphones can access surveillance cameras
If you are you still wondering why DHS is so excited, I give you BriefCam's spying police smartphones.
At approximately 6:00 into the video Hartford Police Sergeant John Michael O'Hare reveals that police can access surveillance cameras in real-time using their smartphones.
BriefCam's entire business model appears to be focused on one thing, public surveillance. A story taken from their blog, titled "Beyond Video Metadata: How Business Intelligence Could Evolve with Data Fusion" promotes businesses monitoring the public.
Massachusetts General Hospital was so excited with BriefCam's potential that they used it to "identify how many people visited their museum on any given day."
BriefCam euphemistically calls this "business intelligence" or as I call it corporate spying on Americans.