Beijing has used facial recognition technologies, which are rapidly improving, to establish a surveillance state well beyond Xinjiang to stamp out any potential dissent across China. But as the deeper implications of the use of facial recognition technologies for privacy and freedom came into view, there has been a vigorous backlash at two levels. The European Union too is considering regulations that impose strict limitations on the use of facial recognition technologies. Like all technologies, facial recognition too can be deployed for either good and bad. Some brands of smartphones and laptops now use facial recognition technology for logging you in.

Source: Indian Express October 09, 2019 10:18 UTC