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Source: 30dB.com – Apple-and-Facial%20Recognition
At last Tuesday’s event in Cupertino, Calif., the tech giant unveiled a facial recognition feature for its fancy new $999 iPhone X. It’s supposed to replace the old ways a user would unlock an iPhone—i.e. typing in a passcode or using a thumbprint. Face ID, as it’s referred to by Apple, takes multiple pictures using sensors until it’s assembled a “detailed depth map of your face to recognize you in an instant,” according to Forbes. But while that might seem intriguing and futuristic, there are potential privacy concerns. Popular Science reports that biometric passcodes don’t have the same Fifth Amendment protections as traditional passcodes, meaning a cop could make an iPhone X user unlock his/her phone. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has also asked Apple to make sure no Face ID information will be sold to third parties or given to law enforcement. Social shares those concerns: Over the last three days, “Apple + Facial Recognition” has just a 21 percent positive score on Twitter. –Alex Shultz
Republished from 30dB