Singapore will be the first country in the world to use face verification in its national identity scheme.
Biometric checks will provide Singaporeans
with secure access to both private and public services.
The government's technology agency says it
will be "fundamental" to the country's digital economy.
His case has gone to a bank and is now
being prosecuted’ across the country. It not only identifies a person but also
ensures that he really exists.
"You have to make sure that the
person actually exists when they verify that you are not looking at
photography, video or replay recordings or deep fakes," said I Perro,
founder and chief. Executive Andrew Bud said. Is a company that provides
technology.
The technology will be integrated’ with
the country's digital identity scheme, Sing Pass, and will provide access to
government services.
"This is the first time that
cloud-based face authentication has been used to secure the identities of
people using the National Digital Identification Scheme," Mr. Bud said.
Verification or recognition?
Both facial recognition and facial
verification depend on scanning a subject's face, and matching it to an image
in an existing database to establish one's identity.
The key difference is that authentication
requires the user's explicit consent, and the user receives something in
return, such as access to their phone or their bank's smartphone app.
In contrast, face recognition technology
can scan the faces of everyone at the train station, and alert authorities if
the wanted offender passes through a camera.
"There are all sorts of social
implications in facial recognition. Facial verification is very kind," Mr.
Bud said.
However, privacy advocates claim that
consent is limited when dealing with sensitive biometric data.
"Consensus does not work when there
is a power imbalance between controllers and data subjects, as is observed in
state-to-citizen relations," said Evans Kovacs, legal officer for Privacy
International, based in London. ۔ "
Business or government?
In the United States and China, tech
companies have jumped on the bandwagon.
For example, Apple supports Face ID or
Google Unlock Fees to validate a range of banking applications, and Alibaba in
China has the SmilePay app.
Many governments are already using facial
verification, but some have considered incorporating the technology into
national identity.
In some cases, this is because they do not
have a national identity card. In the United States, for example, most people
use officially issued driver's licenses as their original form of
identification.
China has not sought to link facial
verification to its national identity, but last year enacted laws requiring
consumers to have their faces scanned when purchasing a new mobile phone, in
order to provide an identity card. They can be’ checked.
Nevertheless, face verification at
airports is already widespread, and is being used’ by many government
departments, including the UK Home Office and the National Health Service and
the US Department of Homeland Security.
How will it be’ used?
Singapore's technology is already in use
at Singapore's tax office branches, and one of Singapore's largest banks, DBS,
allows users to use it to open an online bank account.
It is also possible to check in safe areas
at the ports and to ensure that students take their own tests.
It will be available to any business that
wants it, and meets the needs of the government.
Cook Quick-Sen, Senior Director of
National Digital Identity at Government Tech Singapore, said, "We don't
really care how this digital face authentication can be used unless it meets
our needs. ۔ "
"And the basic requirement is that it
is done with consent and individual awareness."
The Government of Singapore believes the
technology will be good for businesses, as they can use it without having to
build the infrastructure themselves.
In addition, Mr. Cook said, it is better
for privacy because companies will not have to collect biometric data.
In fact, they will only see a score that
shows how close the scan is to the image the government files.
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