Experts detect privacy risks in face id

The arrival of the iPhone X on the market is being somewhat bumpy, but the phone is already on the market. One of the main features of this device is Face ID. The facial recognition system that is giving so much to talk about. Now, several security experts comment that there may be privacy issues with Face ID.

Experts detect privacy risks on Face ID

The privacy issue seems to be related to app permissions. Privacy does not apply to app developers who have access to users' facial data thanks to app permissions. So if users accept these permissions, they can see their privacy compromised.

Application permissions

Apple has allowed app developers to access certain facial data in order to develop unique features in its Face ID related apps. Either integrate a face in three dimensions or that in a game the user's facial expressions are reflected. Apple then allows you to store about 50 types of user facial expressions.

As long as when downloading an application, these permissions are accepted. While the idea is not far-fetched, the problem is that developers could store such information on an external server. Which is a major privacy issue for Face ID. Since these people could use the user's data for commercial purposes.

Also, this is a breach of Apple's rules. But, the company cannot know if a developer is selling your Face ID data. So it is a complicated situation, although Apple expressly prohibits the sale of this data. But, as we can see, the risk to privacy is something that exists. We will have to see how this story unfolds.