Your fingerprints (keyword: your. They should only belong to YOU) & your facial recognition profile are just a series of data points.
Those data points, once stolen, (& yes corporations steal them all the time, so do govts) can be reproduced at will....
Those data points, once stolen, (& yes corporations steal them all the time, so do govts) can be reproduced at will....
...making them not just yours anymore, but someone else's, to do with as they wish.
If you think this sounds far-fetched, time to look into #Aadhaar just as one horrific real world example of mass misuse of biological information captured under the guise of civic functions.
If you think this sounds far-fetched, time to look into #Aadhaar just as one horrific real world example of mass misuse of biological information captured under the guise of civic functions.
In answer to your question - even if all you've done is go to a football game or transited through an airport, yes they have already helped themselves to your facial recognition profile.
Gifting them our fingerprints too, under the false premise of iPhone 'security'? Stupid.
Gifting them our fingerprints too, under the false premise of iPhone 'security'? Stupid.
