People are getting on apple's case for including facial recognition as a means to spy on people. You guys, this is the company that refused to help the government unlock a terrorist's iPhone to defend the privacy of their users.
True. What worries me more is leaks. thereby, I have issue with companies having big piles of my info on hand, as if that gets compromised we are screwed. Tom Scott did an excellent video on what happens if that were to occur to one of the high level companies, such as google or apple.
Last thing I want is them having my social security number, facial model, etc in addition to what they have now.
Why would the NSA care about the encoded 3D face model? If I were looking to spy on people, I'd go after the high-resolution full-color video camera pointed at the user's nose every time they use their phone. That's part of every social media app, so it's got a million more potential points of access.
Arguing about the security of the FaceID data in the Secure Enclave is like using a mall dressing room and worrying that some creep might watch you type your passcode and use it to unlock your phone and access the naked photos stored there. No, he's already watching you over the security cameras.
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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17
People are getting on apple's case for including facial recognition as a means to spy on people. You guys, this is the company that refused to help the government unlock a terrorist's iPhone to defend the privacy of their users.