Source: 30dB.com – Facial%20Recognition%20Technology
On some level, it can be relatively harmless, such as when Facebook identifies a person in a picture they haven’t been tagged in yet or when the iPhone X and Galaxy S9 allow users to unlock their phones with their faces. But far more obvious—and nefarious—purposes have plenty of people worried, including Microsoft President Bradford Smith. Microsoft is one of many companies trying out various facial recognition programs, but Smith is cognizant of the need for oversight to avoid abuses by private corporations and law enforcement. “We live in a nation of laws, and the government needs to play an important role in regulating facial recognition technology,” Smith wrote in a recent blog post. In China, some police have been outfitted with glasses that can recognize a person’s face and decipher whether they have been arrested before. Wired recently reported that a company called RealNetworks has been working on a facial recognition tool for schools to track who walks in and out of their buildings. While some of these programs are ostensibly to help people, there are major unresolved privacy concerns, and Social is unenthused. Over the past 90 days, “Facial Recognition Technology” has 31 percent positives on Social. –Alex Shultz
Republished from 30dB