Wednesday, January 22, 2020

India wants to identify fliers using face ID while Google CEO seeks temporary ban on face recognition AI

As part of the Digital India campaign, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has installed India’s first digital system called Digi Yatra for air travellers at the Bengaluru International Airport. The stated aim of the system is to makes things smoother for travellers by enabling faster movement at checkpoints. For example, using Digi Yatra, fliers will be able to get into the airport and clear various checkpoints using a sort of face ID.
As it happens with any technology that involves facial recognition, there seem to be privacy concerns around Digi Yatri, something that experts highlighted.
Ankita Chakravarti writes more on those concerns >>

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