The real action happens below, on two rows of computers, where employees monitor Vumacam’s Proof 360 software platform. The screens stream footage from cameras around the city that the company has been hired to monitor. Down the hall from a shared office space, the CEO of the private security company AI Surveillance opens the door to a cavernous room with screens plastered on the walls. The first thing Rob Nichol wants to show off is the control room. That’s the thing about a privatized model of public surveillance. NEC XON, the South African subsidiary of the world’s largest facial recognition provider, which says the companies had tentative talks over two years ago about adding that feature to Vumacam’s platform, adds that the cameras aren’t suited for the technology, which Vumacam confirms.
“We don’t believe that facial recognition technology as it stands (from any provider) is reliable enough for ethical use,” says Vumacam's CEO Ricky Croock. No way, no way.”Īsked about that speculation, Vumacam says it doesn’t use facial recognition and will not consider using it until the technology is adequately regulated. “This is definitely facial recognition,” he speculates, meaning that the camera could record video at high enough resolution for such technology to work. “That is the first time-that big, big, big thing-that is the first time I’ve seen it,” he sputters with growing animation.
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