Are we really okay with facial recognition?
Everyone is talking about facial recognition these days. But things aren’t as simple as they seem. We need to consider some key factors.
The Internet As A Media And a Medium
Everyone is talking about facial recognition these days. But things aren’t as simple as they seem. We need to consider some key factors.
Search engines are becoming ever smarter in managing massive amounts of data. Face search & facial recognition are just a few of many tools that target individuals. All public data combined, they can quickly unravel what an individual has been up to.
The app, available soon in the App Store and on Google Play, provides instant account access to hundreds of companies including Wells Fargo, Chase, Bank of America & Citi as well as Amazon, Paypal, Expedia, Salesforce, ADT, ADP, E-trade, Ticketmaster, among others.
It’s old hat that passwords can be stolen or clonned or…whatever. Now, as the digital world starts veering towards facial recognition rather than passwords to unlock accounts, anti-virus firm AVG seems already 1 step ahead. It unveiled what it calls, “Invisibility Glasses”, on the eve of this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) at Barcelona, Spain.