Responsible Facial Recognition and Beyond
This work highlights ethical and societal problems for policymakers and developers in the biometrics field, but it is incremental as it reviews existing concerns without introducing new solutions.
The paper addresses the dual nature of facial recognition by summarizing its risks and concerns, while noting that these issues extend to other biometric technologies like gait and iris recognition, and it discusses technological and policy efforts to promote responsible development for social good.
Facial recognition is changing the way we live in and interact with our society. Here we discuss the two sides of facial recognition, summarizing potential risks and current concerns. We introduce current policies and regulations in different countries. Very importantly, we point out that the risks and concerns are not only from facial recognition, but also realistically very similar to other biometric recognition technology, including but not limited to gait recognition, iris recognition, fingerprint recognition, voice recognition, etc. To create a responsible future, we discuss possible technological moves and efforts that should be made to keep facial recognition (and biometric recognition in general) developing for social good.