Globe Op-ed: It's possible to have both facial recognition and privacy


Summary  It's possible to have both facial recognition and privacy

One of the most common forms of biometric identification is when our face is compared with a stored facial image, such as a driver’s licence or passport photo. Facial-recognition technology automates this process.

First, a biometric “template,” or representation of you, is generated from measurements of your physiological traits (in this case, the image of your face), and this template is retained in a database. Further samples from captured facial images may then be compared against this template – if there’s a match, then you’re identified.
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Published Date  Jul 27, 2011
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