Pros and Cons of Facial Recognition – Is It A Blessing or a Curse in Disguise?

While improvements in the facial recognition technology are on the rise, privacy concerns around the technology are also surfacing. This has led us into asking - Is facial recognition really as useful as the experts claim, or is it just another tool that can lead us to a dystopian future? Imagine a world where you can pay for your cereal without cash, cards, or a phone, by just smiling at the cashier. Now, imagine being monitored by the authorities for being an ethnic minority. From smiling to pay to being monitored as an ethnic minority, countries worldwide are displaying both, the bright as well as the dark sides, of using the facial recognition technology.