The Irony of Facial Recognition

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The Irony of Facial Recognition

• It is truly ironic. For years we struggled with
  passwords coming up with new ones every few
  months, remembering which one to use for which
  service, recalling our mothers maiden names and
  those of our first pets.

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The Irony of Facial Recognition

• Then biometric authentication and
  specifically facial recognition became widely
  available, and we thought it was the end of our
  password problems. What could be easier? Your
  face is unique the thinking went and its
  always there. So, who needs passwords?
• But in fact, we forgot one important thing
  by using our faces as passwords we were
  literally writing our passwords on our foreheads.
  And unlike the old world, where passwords can be
  updated, we cant change our faces.
• Or can we?

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The Irony of Facial Recognition

• So, What Can We Do?Faces cant be changed,
  except by plastic surgery that most of us would
  prefer to avoid. But the images of our faces can
  be protected from misuse which is the key to
  continuing and effective use of facial
  recognition for access control.
• We can protect our facial images by making
  them unrecognizable to facial recognition
  software, while still keeping them similar to
  human eyes. And were not talking about the
  brute force methods of the past blurring,
  pixelation or face swapping. Advanced technology
  can create a new, unique, unrecognizable photo of
  yourself which looks the same, yet does not have
  your faceprint those key features that
  AI-based face recognition tools look for to
  determine who you are.

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The Irony of Facial Recognition

• D-ID enhances privacy by removing
  unnecessary sensitive biometric data from facial
  images. Completely seamless and transparent, a
  D-ID protected photo looks no different to the
  human eye. Yet D-ID photos cannot be decrypted or
  reverse-engineered outsmarting even the most
  advanced facial recognition engines. This means
  that facial recognition software cannot match a
  D-ID-protected photo to any identity whether
  its the bad guys or the good guys trying to do
  so. If you want to learn more about facial
  recognition security please visit D-ID at
  https//www.deidentification.co/secure-face-authen
  tication/

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The Irony of Facial Recognition

• So now we know
• Our faces arguably the most personal and
  sensitive of our biometric data have become
  targets. And until now weve all willingly handed
  them over to anyone who asks. But now we know the
  risk, and now we know the way to reduce it.