Make our "face" safer. Six committee members suggest strengthening the supervision of face recognition
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The video of a pair of glasses unlocking 19 mobile phones is on fire. Is face recognition still safe?
With the widespread application of face recognition technology, there are more and more things that can be solved by brushing the face in life.
While face recognition technology facilitates life, it also brings a lot of security risks.
“At present, the abuse of face recognition technology is relatively common. In shopping malls, scenic spots, office buildings and other places, there are varying degrees of abuse of face recognition technology. The public often collects facial information without knowing it."3 Cai Xiaohong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a researcher at the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in an interview with reporters on the 4th.
In order to standardize the application of face recognition technology and prevent the risk of personal information leakage, Cai Xiaohong, researcher Ye Youda of the National Computational Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, and Zhou Yumei, deputy director of the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, jointly proposed a joint proposal by six members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference to strengthen face recognition. Supervision made a number of recommendations.
It's time to pay attention to the safety of face recognition
At present, my country's face recognition technology is developing rapidly.
According to estimates, the size of my country's face recognition market has grown at an average annual rate of 50% in recent years, and it is expected to exceed 50 billion yuan by 2021.
However, the face has characteristics such as uniqueness, direct recognition, convenience, immutability, variability, easy collection, non-anonymity, and multidimensionality, which determines the particularity and complexity of face recognition technology.
"Once the face information is illegally used, it cannot be changed or replaced, which is very likely to cause risks in many aspects such as scientific and technological ethics, public safety and law, and endanger the personal and property safety of the public." Cai Xiaohong said.
In June 2020, the "First Face Recognition Case in China" opened in Fuyang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, which quickly triggered continuous discussions on face recognition technology and personal privacy protection in all sectors of the society; in November 2020, a man wearing a helmet to inspect a house The short video on the Internet became popular on the Internet. The orange font at the top of the video reads "To protect personal information, wear a helmet to see the house." The security worries behind face recognition.
“The domestic call for attention to the safety of face recognition is getting higher and higher. Massive face recognition biometric data is collected in various scenarios. In the case of imperfect regulatory systems and regulations, many institutions that collect face information do not With corresponding risk prevention and control capabilities and safety guarantee mechanisms, it is urgent to strengthen the supervision of face recognition." Cai Xiaohong said.
Increase the approval process for the application of face recognition products
Therefore, the six members suggested that the relevant systems and regulations for face recognition supervision should be improved, the laws and regulations for personal information protection should be expedited, and the basic rights of personal image data control, deletion, and forgetting should be established, and personal reputation and privacy should be maintained; Big data-related legislation clarifies the rights and obligations of enterprises for the collection, transmission, storage and use of personal image data, and implements the main security responsibilities in all aspects of the data life cycle; formulates relevant regulations and management methods for biometric information to ensure the security of personal image data Standardize the use and clarify the application areas of face recognition.
At the same time, establish a face recognition network and information security supervision system, speed up the formulation of a face recognition application technical standard system, and clarify the security technical requirements for face recognition software and hardware applications; establish a face recognition application security evaluation and review system, aiming at Conduct security assessments in different application areas such as security, finance, e-commerce, and payment, and add approval procedures to the application and promotion of face recognition products to ensure that products meet security technical requirements.
More importantly, for companies that illegally collect, disclose and abuse personal privacy and unfair competition, increase penalties and urge them to implement the main security responsibility.
In terms of promoting the innovation and healthy development of face recognition technology, they suggested that key projects such as the promotion of intelligent security, the basic identity authentication platform of multiple biometrics, intelligent finance, intelligent transportation and other key projects should be promoted to promote the development of core facial recognition technologies. In-depth integration of facial recognition and big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other information technologies, develop a variety of facial recognition products; promote the cooperation between facial recognition companies and network security companies, and develop network security technology research and development for face recognition; encourage Enterprises and scientific research institutions jointly innovate to promote the application and promotion of facial recognition technology achievements; cultivate new forms of facial recognition development.