The use of biometric technology has been advanced by innovation in facial recognition technology. The software has been developed rapidly across the world. Nowadays, the use of facial recognition technology is done in all mobile devices, desktop electronics, and smart devices.
The increasing use of this technology has created several security concerns such as privacy issues, data security, and breach of identity security. People are vigilant about the same and practicing the right things like strong passwords, VPNs, multi-factor authentification, etc. There are many ways in which people are taking care of their personal and financial security.
But, many overlook the safety concerns of facial recognition technology. The privacy ramification of the technology needs to be taken care of. Here, in this article, we are going to discuss the three privacy and security concerns of facial recognition.
Invasion of Privacy
As more and more people are engaging in the sharing of large data over the internet, it causes more complications. The facial recognition technology requires many permission to access the saved data over smart devices. No one ever reads the terms and quickly grants access.
This leads to the leakage of extensive private data of the users; the uncalled intrusion is very harmful and distrustful for mobile and desktop users. Usually, all the major accounts are connected; this puts almost the entire dataset at risk of being misused. The biometrics contains the private and significant information of the user that is very important to protect. Also, the users are not aware of the ways intruders can misuse their personal and financial information, making lives troublesome.
Inaccurate biometrics results
There is a high level of inaccuracy detected in the case of facial recognition. This algorithm biases can lead to unlawful arrests and unfair conclusions. These techniques are used during police investigations for catching criminals. The inaccurate and unauthentic results create doubt for validating the results. Such gender and racial biases are increasing the social divide in society.
One should be cautious while using the normal and video camera. The cameras in smart devices have default permission access that can trace all the information stored on the accounts and can sync the data, contacts, and other passwords. Do not give permission access to all the applications or software that you download. It will help you in saving the battery as well as in maintaining privacy.
Automated blanket surveillance
The problem of blanket surveillance is spreading fastly. The government and other legal authorities are also involved in such practices. It helps them in collecting more accurate and authentic data about the population. The severity of this as a crime increases when the third party marketers use it as illegal trade practices.
The dictators and tyrannical government use the database, store it, compare, and predicts the behavior of the population. Many times these practices and synchronization of the data take place by default. Such leakage of data can be stopped by reading the terms and conditions mentioned n the application. Please do not download the application or software on your mobile phones without knowing its privacy policies. Read the terms and conditions properly and regulate the permission access.
Conclusion
Automated facial recognition has facilitated the identification of a person by its unique facial characteristics. Where it has simplified the identification and security of the device system, it has also created a problem as to the breach of data privacy.
As mentioned above, hackers take advantage of such opportunities and features where the user does not have much information about privacy terms and conditions. Be careful while using such applications and technology. Keep yourself safe online and try not to fall prey to malicious links.
