NITI Aayog Approved Facial Recognition Tech In India

Facial recognition is a technology, based on artificial intelligence (AI), that leverages biometric data to identify a person based on their facial patterns. It is simply adds a layer of information for photograph matching is an oversimplification. This technology involves creating a biometric map of each person’s face, depending on the distance between their eyes, nose, mouth, jaw, the size of their forehead etc. In recent months, the Indian government has started employing this technology to enhance law enforcement capabilities. Recently, NITI Aayog has approved a proposal to conduct a study on the use of facial recognition technology in India. The study, to be conducted by an independent think-tank, will have a budget of Rs 23.17 lakh. In the 21st century, an Aadhaar number, a mobile handset’s IMEI number, and the unique network address of a wifi adapter in smartphones, for example, can locate users in the digital world. From financial transactions to interpersonal communications, from web searches to everything that a person reads, watches, or listens can be used to identify almost everything we touch, do and think. Once cameras are connected to a facial recognition software, citizens have no privacy anywhere. To those with power — governments or businesses — people are seen, recognised, analysed, predicted and controlled all the time. However, this technology raises several privacy and security concerns.