Face Recognition Software

I was sifting through my email this evening and came across a Tiger Direct email ad. I usually check them out even though I rarely buy anything, because I love to see what the latest techno-gadget is. I was floored when I saw a deep discount for a Lenovo notebook. It has face recognition software. Yowsa. I’ve seen the fingerprint identification models, but not the face thing.

The notebook has:

Integrated 1.3 Megapixel Camera
An integrated 1.3 megapixel camera combined with Lenovo’s VeriFace face recognition software can help control access to your notebook by recognizing when you are sitting at the keyboard. It can even lock the system if it determines you’ve stepped away!

I don’t know if I’d like that too much. What if you were in a fight and your face was puffy? You’d be locked out of your notebook!

Besides, I’ve read Orwell’s 1984. This is getting creepy, folks!