Sentences with word «faceprint»

Apple has already said the company won't send faceprint data to the cloud, which means your face data stays on your phone.

Faceprints serve as distinct digital identifiers, similar to a fingerprint, that are based on the unique contours of a person's face.

When the iPhone X was announced, Senator Al Franken asked Apple in a letter «How will Apple respond to law enforcement requests to access Apple's faceprint data or the Face ID system itself?»

Facebook declined to further provide details, but a likely guess is the project will draw on Facebook's massive database of «faceprints» to identify victims who appear in the sex ads.

But to machines, our face is data and it's being transformed into a faceprint in somebody else's database.

«Unlike a password, an individual's faceprint is permanent, public, and uniquely identifies its owner,» wrote Franken.

«As a result, should a bad actor gain access to the faceprint data that Face ID requires, the ramifications could last forever, particularly if Apple's biometric technology comes to be used in other devices and settings.»