Facebook tests facial recognition technology for accounts

7 years, 6 months ago

Facebook tests facial recognition technology for accounts

Soon, you could recover your Facebook account using nothing but your face. Facebook is testing a facial recognition system that will verify users who are locked out of their accounts. Facebook is testing a facial recognition system that will verify users who are locked out of their accounts It follows a move by Apple to bring facial recognition technology to its new flagship phone, the iPhone X. Last year, Facebook purchased FacioMetrics, a facial recognition software firm, in a push to integrate the technology into the platform. Facebook said that it has bought facial recognition start-up FacioMetrics, potentially using the technology for photo or video effects to better challenge rival Snapchat.

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Facebook will stop using facial recognition feature but Meta will use it for metaverse products

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Facebook pulls the plug on its facial recognition system, to delete faceprints of over a billion users

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Facebook pulls the plug on its facial recognition system, to delete faceprints of over a billion users

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Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

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Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

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Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

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Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

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Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software

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Facebook Faces New Lawsuit For Using Instagram To Allegedly Store Biometric Data Without Consent

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Facebook Faces New Lawsuit For Using Instagram To Allegedly Store Biometric Data Without Consent

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Facebook says its facial recognition tech will now be an opt-in feature

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Facebook says its facial recognition tech will now be an opt-in feature

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Facebook brings face recognition to all users, discontinues 'Tag Suggestions'

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Facebook Expands Use Of Facial Recognition To ID Users In Photos

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iOS app Facezam allows you to match strangers in public to their Facebook profiles

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iOS app Facezam allows you to match strangers in public to their Facebook profiles

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Hoax facial recognition app Facezam identifies strangers

8 years ago

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Hackers Trick Facial-Recognition Logins With Photos From Facebook (What Else?)

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Facebook's Facial Recognition Software Is Different From The FBI's. Here's Why

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Facebook Can Recognize You Even if You Don't Show Your Face

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Facebook wants to put profile photos in its facial recognition database

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Facebook wants to put profile photos in its facial recognition database

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Facebook considers adding profile photos to facial recognition

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Facebook buys facial recognition firm Face.com

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Facebook buys facial recognition firm Face.com

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Facebook's facial recognition earns German state's wrath – Firstpost

13 years, 4 months ago

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Facebook faces fresh privacy complaints over facial recognition

13 years, 8 months ago

Facebook faces fresh privacy complaints over facial recognition

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Apple Might Unveil Home Security With Face ID Locks Next Year, Here's What We Know

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Social media firms could be made to use facial recognition technology to check children's ages

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Apple working on smart door bell with iPhone like Face ID, tipped for 2025 launch. Here’s what we know

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Apple working on smart door bell with iPhone like Face ID, tipped for 2025 launch. Here’s what we know

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More than 50 sex offenders arrested using new facial recognition technology

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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Apple files patent for AI-powered security camera with body recognition features: Report

4 months, 1 week ago

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Good governance of facial recognition devices can better protect personal data

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Good governance of facial recognition devices can better protect personal data

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AI facial filters can change who we find attractive, according to scientists

5 months ago

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The dark side of Meta's smart glasses: Harvard students reveal how Mark Zuckerberg's creepy spectacles can be used to instantly find strangers' names and addresses

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Apple Vision Pro’s Eye Tracking Exposed What People Type

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Airtel Payments Bank introduces AI-powered facial recognition to bolster security

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Google Is Piloting Face Recognition for Office Security

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Palm scanning: Tencent sees a future where everyone gets by with just a swipe of the hand

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Spied on in Spar: How new AI technology used by convenience stores could see YOU accused of shoplifting by mistake

1 year, 2 months ago

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‘Game-changing’ facial recognition technology catches prolific shoplifters

1 year, 5 months ago

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Police use facial recognition technology to catch prolific shoplifters with state-of-the-art system which can identify potential suspects in just 60 seconds

1 year, 5 months ago

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1 year, 5 months ago

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1 year, 5 months ago

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1 year, 6 months ago

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1 year, 6 months ago

The tech companies scanning your face while you shop

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1 year, 7 months ago

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1 year, 7 months ago

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Home Office ‘agreed to lobby for facial recognition use to cut shop crime’

1 year, 8 months ago

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1 year, 10 months ago

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1 year, 11 months ago

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2 years, 1 month ago

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2 years, 3 months ago

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2 years, 4 months ago

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2 years, 9 months ago

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2 years, 9 months ago

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