Privacy advocates raise alarms about growing use of facial recognition by U.S. government

While the Trump administration scrapped a proposed rule to use facial recognition to identify all people entering and leaving the United States, in other areas the federal government is embracing an expanded use of the technology despite privacy concerns. Let's face it – facial recognition isn't going anywhere. Whether we realize it or not, most of use some type of facial technology software every day. It's being widely used in shopping, home security, and law enforcement, and millions of us use it constantly to open our smart phones. But privacy advocates and civil libertarians are raising alarms about the growing use of facial recognition technology by the federal government under President Trump.