Opinion: That selfie you posted on Instagram? Companies are using it in unethical ways


Companies that build facial recognition tools can now gather photos of us – like that selfie you just posted on Instagram – and sell the information to a company that could then use it to control you in some way. — Image by Freepik

Right now, we do not own our biometric information. We should.

Biometrics are the physical features that differentiate us – like our fingerprints, eyes and facial structure. And companies that build facial recognition tools can now gather photos of us – like that selfie you just posted on Instagram – and sell the information to a company that could then use it to control you in some way.

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