So Facebook "will no longer deploy facial recognition technologies on its platform." Good to know, since people today are uneasy about what could happen to their private information in the hands of public entities.
But Meta (fb's parent company) is not making that promise.
They are going to keep and use Deepface, the algorithm that powered fb's photo-tagging feature by linking user photos with facial pattern templates. A spokesperson for Meta says they think they can continue to work with it for "positive" uses.
That's not all. Meta "aims to build a virtual, internet-based simulation where people can interact as avatars." So they need ways to identify individuals. They're exploring "biometrics" for that purpose, body measurements that can be used like facial recognition templates. Other examples that can be used in addition to the human face are fingerprints, DNA, iris or retina recognition, and more. Biometrics to control access and verify identity are already being used by countries listed here.
What could go wrong? It's not as if someone would ever use our identities for some bad purpose.
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