Because of the fact that people are wearing masks, it has become more important for facial recognition technology to at least try to adapt. Masks are often not recognized by facial recognition which means that people that unlock their phones using facial recognition are going to be forced to look into using alternate means until and unless an alternative is found or at the very least the tech is improved to the point where people can use facial recognition even while they are wearing masks all in all.
However, the manner in which this research is conducted needs to be ethical. It doesn’t matter how important the tech is, if the research behind it infringes on people’s basic rights then it is better off now being done. According to Cnet, researchers that were focusing on this area decided to use selfies people had taken with their masks in order to do their study, and this might have been okay if they had asked permission which they decidedly did not do.
The selfies were simply harvested off of Instagram which is a place where people often upload things that they only want to share with a select group of people. Hence, the fact that researchers used these photos without permission is a grave misstep, one that could make it so that people that are angered by this behavior might just end up calling for it being cancelled. It is important to avoid missteps like these lest one end up losing the favor of the public which is important for anything.
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