(Source: Linforth, Pete (2017))
Security Concerns
As the world becomes more technologically advanced, the threat of hackers or deepfake technology has become a critical issues. Like any other technology, facial recognition technology (FRT) is vulnerable to these types of attacks. Since FRT collected sensitive biometric data on an individual, if a hacker manages to break into FRT security systems, the hacker will have access to all the sensitive data, allowing the hacker to use the data indefinitely for identity theft or other wicked means. Unlike password or PIN where you can change or reset easily once it compromised, biometric data is much harder to change. As a result, if biometric data is breached, it will likely remain a permanent damage and can lasted throughout a person's lifespan. Furthermore, another security issues that FRT is facing concerns the use of deepfake technology. According to Lai and Rau (2021), people with access to deepfake technology could swap face with someone else, and thus enable them to impersonate another individuals for fraudulent purposes. As a result, this technology could be used to manipulate or bypass the security measures of FRT and allow access to sensitive information when it shouldn't have been allowed. Therefore, FRT needed to strengthen its security measures against hacker and deepfake technology. One possible way to address this issues is by having multi-factor authentication or encryption of biometric data to minimize these risks, and ensure the protection of sensitive information being collected by FRT. While multi-factor authentication or encryption can provide a possible solution to the ongoing security issues, FRT is still plague by social issues concerning biases that disproportionately affect certain demographic groups.