Let "non-essential do not brush your face" as a prerequisite for application
Tang Huazhen
"Face brushing" applications can be seen everywhere, but social reviews have been mixed.
During the two sessions, representatives and committee members actively provided suggestions and suggestions around this. A representative suggested "immediately clean up and rectify non-essential face recognition, and clearly stipulate the scope of use of face recognition", which received a lot of support.
Face recognition is a technology for identity recognition based on the facial feature information of a person.
In recent years, from government services to financial payments, from staying in the park to checking in at work, and even depositing and taking toilet paper, many areas of social life have been trying to "brush their faces".
"Face-swiping" verification does provide convenience and improve efficiency, but the momentum of the night has also caused many people to worry about whether the technology is mature and whether the data is safe, etc., such as "In order to hide face recognition, buyers wear "Helmet inspections", "Refusal to swipe their face into the park, Associate Professor and Safari Park in court" and other news frequently searched.
Face recognition is closely related to the personal privacy and economic rights of users. The application scenarios are rapidly expanding, and the related risks are also increasing geometrically.
As biometric information, "face" is unique.
If information such as payment passwords and ID documents are leaked, users can also change or scrap them immediately, but it is basically impossible to "change faces".
Compared with biometric information such as fingerprints and iris, the "face" has the characteristics of weak privacy, and it cannot be carried in a pocket or always covered.
In this way, people are more sensitive to it, and application promotion should be more cautious.
At present, my country's "Cyber Security Law", "Civil Code", "E-commerce Law" and other laws and regulations are clear that collecting information must comply with the three principles of legality, legitimacy, and necessity.
The draft of the Personal Information Protection Law, which has been submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation, also proposes that the installation of image collection and personal identification equipment in public places should be necessary to maintain public safety.
It can be seen that "the face cannot be brushed casually" has become a social consensus.
The top priority is to further clarify specific issues such as what is necessary, how to collect, and how to use it based on principles.
As people in the industry have said, "The high probability of data leakage occurs in two links, application development companies and cloud service vendors."
Different information collection entities have different levels of technological development and information maintenance capabilities, and the application risks of face recognition vary greatly.
Whether the management department needs to collect for public security or the need of commercial enterprises to chase profits, the supporting network and voluntary willingness of information protection are also very different.
Forecasts show that the market size of the face recognition industry will exceed 10 billion yuan in 2024.
In order to grab this big cake, many companies are racing to encroach on the ground, lest they fall behind. At this time, it is especially important to set rules.
If the specific implementation rules are one step later, the risk of information leakage will increase.
On the premise of safety and necessity, further clarify the bottom line red line of "face recognition" technology "non-essentially not used, non-essentially not stored", tighten the channels and tighten the checkpoints to ensure this A new industry will not go wrong.
The research and development and promotion of technology are never just technical issues, but also related to ethical and legal issues.
Respect for the public's concerns and prevent "face recognition" from being used badly, only by realizing technology to make life better.