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15/07/22 22:10 PM IST

Facial Recognition Technology

In News 
  • Two of Australia’s top retail chains are under investigation after a report revealed that they were using intrusive face recognition technology and collecting data in their stores without their customers’ knowledge.
Facial Recognition Technology 
  • Facial recognition technology works by capturing people’s faces from photographs or video footage as a unique faceprint.
  • The image is then saved and can be compared to other faceprints stored in a common database.
  • While this technology can help verify a person’s face, it also raises several privacy issues.
  • Most commonly, one encounters facial recognition technology while unlocking their smartphone.
  • Today, even low-cost smartphones are able to identify faces.
In India 
  • Telangana police launched their own facial recognition facility (2018)
  • Ministry of Civil Aviation’s “DigiYatra” has used the facial recognition system at Hyderabad Airport
  • NCRB’s Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) uses automated facial recognition
  • The Centre has launched a biometric-based authentication system called DigiYatra, under which travellers will be able to authenticate themselves at several major airports using facial recognition technology.
Source- Indian Express 

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