Facebook Employees Were Able To Use A Face Recognition App To Identify Everyone

Though the company’s stance on facial recognition has gotten some changes since it was criticized for scanning faces by default, there might be stronger enthusiasm for facial recognition technology, compared to what people usually think of. According to Business Insider, during the time from 2015 to 2016, Facebook started working on an internal mobile app to identify co-workers and their friends, using facial recognition technology.

In particular, Facebook employees only had to point their smartphone at someone to get a name as well as a profile picture. Well, it sounds helpful for those who found it kind of hard to keep in mind the name of a colleague at a party. Business Insider also added that if there were enough data, it could figure out anyone on Facebook. The social media in the meantime said that wasn’t true, then released a statement to CNET to give an explanation. Facebook said such features could only be inactive when people already had face recognition enabled. Facebook’s spokesperson also added that the app was considered a way to learn about new technologies.

In fact, Facebook had taken down the app. Collecting facial recognition data from users without their consent is something Facebook has to deal with at the time. It's struggling in a class action lawsuit while being said to allegedly violate the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Of course, no one wants to face off against both users and regulators.

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