New iPhone brings face recognition (and fears) to the masses

Maybe it's the Halloween season, but I sense a Stephen King book / film about the coming horrors of facial recognition on our phones and in our pockets.  It's already on the streets in many urban areas: traffic lights, street posts, businesses, private surveillance.  The days of anonymity are closing in fast. Facebook is gathering profile pictures to use for facial recognition supposedly to enhance tagging features in its social networking platform.  I suspect our faces will ultimately become part of a larger government database much like our fingerprints are now.



The term: one bad apple ruins the bunch, rings loud and clear.  Unfortunately, it's been millions of bad apples that can cause the mostle abiding among us to feel a little angry, shamed and intruded upon.  It's a real shame that those who harness tecnology for nefarious purposes won't harness that energy to produce good. 



Here's the latest article I found on facial recognition technology coming to your nearest pocket soon ....



New iPhone brings face recognition (and fears) to the masses