Literature Review : Implementation of Facial Recognition in Society

At one of the most successful applications of image analysis and understanding, face recognition has recently received significant attention, especially during the past few years. Facial recognition technology (FRT) has emerged as an attractive solution to address many contemporary needs for identification and verification of identity claims. It brings together the promise of other biometric systems, which attempt to tie identity to individually distinctive features of the body, and the more familiar functionality of visual surveillance systems. This report develops a socio-political analysis that bridges the technical and social scientific literature on FRT and addresses the unique challenges and concerns that attend its development, evaluation, and specific operational uses, contests, and goals. It highlights the potential and limitations of the technology, noting those tasks for which it seems ready for deployment, those areas where performance obstacles may be overcome by future technological developments or sound operating procedures, and still other issues that appear intractable. Its concern with efficacy extends to ethical considerations. Face recognition technology may solve this problem since a face is undeniably connected to its owner except in the case of identical twins. It’s nontransferable. The system can then compare scans to records stored in a central or local database or ever on a smart card