Is iPhone X Facial Recognition Feature In Violation of Your Privacy?

Apple's recently revealed feature, the Face ID, which scans a user's face to unlock its iPhone X device has raised privacy concerns -- Sen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota) called on the company's CEO, Tim Cook to address these concerns in an open letter Thursday. Franken believes biometric data that Apple is accessing, needs to be guarded by privacy and security guidelines. Apple will actually store a face print -- a scan of your face to match up with the biometric lock on your phone. Franken has raised concerns about the use of these face prints. "To benefit other sectors of its business, sell it to third parties for surveillance purposes, or receive law enforcement requests to access it facial recognition system -- eventual uses that may not be contemplated by Apple customers," the lawmaker said in an open letter to Cook. Face ID uses a dot projector, infrared technology, and a flood illuminator along with a bionic A11 chipset to create a depth map and image data of a user's face.