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Are facial recognition systems in smartphones safe?PHOTO: Radio-Canada/getty images/istockphoto/ismagilov

Published April 26, 2024

Has your child ever been able to unlock your phone using facial recognition, even if they don’t look much like you? Maybe. Tech journalist Fanny Tan looks at how Apple’s Face ID works and comes up with two hypotheses that might explain why your brainchild can confuse algorithms.

The journalist discussed this issue with Tammy McKenzie, La Concorde Aula’s director of science, technology and policy in the field of artificial intelligence.

” We can use the technologies we want, but we have to ask ourselves questions. »

— Quote from

Fanny Tan, technology journalist

She looks at some of the security flaws, describes the insidious psychological effects of this constant surveillance, and explains why this method of biometric identification is still more secure than a four-digit code.

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