FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about UMbRA.
- By my understanding, I should not expect to get a one-to-one confirmed hit through UMbRA, like what happens in the movies or on TV shows, I would still have to work through some options the algorithm offers me?
- Can I run a picture of a face if I don’t have a name?
- Could I, as a police officer, or a security or surveillance professional, or private investigator, upload a photograph of someone and run a search on UMbRA to see if they have any kind of law enforcement record in connection with a crime?
- Does Umbra Contain Non-Law Enforcement Sourced Data?
- Does Umbra Data Contain Juveniles?
- Does UMbRA have data on Louisiana Parishes?
- How do I use the Biometrica Zapier Integration?
- How Do I Use The Umbra Browser Extension?
- How Do I Use UMbRA?
- How does the facial recognition part of it work? If I upload a face, will an UMbRA search immediately tell me who that person is?
- How long does a search take?
- I found the person I was looking for, but he was at No. 9 on the list of results. He wasn’t first, or even among the first eight options. In addition, his result had similar confidence rating scores to the people at Nos. 10 and 11 too. Why was that?
- I see two entries I think are the same person, but they have different birthdates.
- Is the FBI’s database bigger?
- Is the UMbRA search option also available on my cell phone?
- Once I sign up, is there a limit to the number of searches I can run in a month?
- Using api/v2 with API Keys
- What browsers can I access UMbRA with?
- What happens when I sign up for UMbRA?
- What if I run a search and that person doesn’t crop up in your system, but I later find out he or she has a record?
- What is UMbRA?
- What's the difference between sex offender and violent offender list?
- Who is UMbRA intended for?
- Why Do Different Umbra Entries Contain Different Sets Of Data?
- Why do some entries have multiple birth dates?
- Why was UMbRA needed?