Naturally, the FBI claims that the NGI program is in compliance with the U.S. Privacy Act.

ENGADGET: FBI to roll out $1 billion public facial recognition system in 2014, will be on to your evildoing everywhere

As result, its alums are at the forefront of the current healthier restaurant dining trend, and NGI just released a list of its Top 10 alumni restaurants for 2013.

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The use and scope of NGI, which kicked off a pilot program in February, will likely be questioned not just by black helicopter watchers but privacy advocates as well.

ENGADGET: FBI to roll out $1 billion public facial recognition system in 2014, will be on to your evildoing everywhere

Dubbed the Next Generation Identification (NGI) program, the high-tech endeavor uses biometric data such as DNA analysis, iris scans and voice identification to track down folks with a criminal history.

ENGADGET: FBI to roll out $1 billion public facial recognition system in 2014, will be on to your evildoing everywhere

The FBI also plans to take NGI on the road literally by using public cameras to pick faces from the crowd and cross check them with its national repository of images.

ENGADGET: FBI to roll out $1 billion public facial recognition system in 2014, will be on to your evildoing everywhere