Ethical Principles of Facial Recognition Technology

The sheer potential of facial recognition technology in various fields is almost unimaginable. However, certain errors that commonly creep into its functionality and a few ethical considerations need to be addressed before its most elaborate applications can be realized. An accurate facial recognition system uses biometrics to map facial features from a photograph or video. It compares the information with a database of known faces to find a match. Facial recognition can help verify a person's identity, but it also raises privacy issues. A few decades back, we could not have predicted that facial recognition would go on to become a near-indispensable part of our lives in the future.