Reply to post: Re: Not a positive use

Microsoft says it's time to get serious about facial recognition rules: 'Laws and regulations are indispensable'

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Re: Not a positive use

Using facial recognition to obsolete passwords is a very very bad thing. I have helped people with their iPhone X and to unlock it, I once just held up to his face. The phone was in my hand and I was able to unlock it. Imagine this scenario: The police arrest you and they want to get into your phone. They don't need a warrant because all they have to do is hold up to your face. Now they are in and can do whatever they want.

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US courts have held that even in circumstances where they can't demand your password or that you unlock a device, they can demand that you apply your finger to a fingerprint reader thus unlocking a device.

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