Facebook reportedly tests facial recognition to recover your account

Your face is getting a lot of attention lately. The iPhone X’s Face ID is a recent example, as is Android Pay’s reportedly upcoming facial authentication for loyalty programs. Airports may soon use the tech to help streamline boarding and security lines, though there are still privacy concerns over the implementation. Still, that hasn’t deterred Facebook from testing “a facial recognition feature to help secure your account,” according to a tweet from TheNextWeb’s Matt Navarra.

NEW! Facebook working on a facial recognition feature to help secure your account

h/t Devesh Logendran pic.twitter.com/demol4dKj1

— Matt Navarra ⭐️ (@MattNavarra) September 29, 2017

According to TechCrunch, the feature is only being tested to let users back into accounts they’ve been locked out of. The site also reports that a social media researcher sent the screenshot to Navarra, and that if the feature is reliable and not easily hacked, it could roll out to more users. There’s not much detail on the technology or its implementation (mobile? laptop? special hardware?) nor any implementation timeline, though. We’ve reached out to Facebook for comment on this matter and will update the post when we hear back.

Via: TechCrunch

Source: Matt Navarra/Twitter