US $5 For A Hidden Face Scan

For participation in mini-game volunteers were given a coupon for $ 5. That this was a face scan on behalf of Google, they were hiding. With the scans, a new function for the Pixel 4 is to be realized.

On October 14, 2019 Google's new smartphone Pixel 4 appear. The phone should also be unlocked with the face of the user - for this to work, Google has commissioned a company to build in a "field trial" a database of 3D face scans. The company is said to have worked with unfair methods, reports The New York Daily News. In response to reporting, Google has completed the controversial field trial.

They wanted to look for homeless people and students, especially those with dark skin, according to several Randstad employees employed as temporary workers in Google's controversial field trial. Their face was to be scanned for as diverse as possible face database - it was the volunteer participants often not at all clear that a 3D scan of their face was performed. In the end, the participants received a coupon for 5 US dollars.

Randstad's staff have been told to cover up the fact that the face is being scanned. They were explicitly told to lie to increase the number of scanned faces. For example, they should present the face scan as a mini-games or "selfie game" as in Snapchat. They should include phrases like "Just play with the phone for a few minutes and get a coupon" or "We have a new app, try it out and get 5 dollars" say. The temporary workers of Randstad employees were told to hide the fact that the user's face is taken. Also on-demand, they should deny that pictures or videos were taken.

Rather, they overwhelmed the subjects by infecting them with information and encouraging them to quickly click buttons or look left or right. One goal was to keep the participants from reading the consent form, reports one employee.

The agreement grants Google an extensive, worldwide right to use facial scanning: There was no limit to how long Google's data could be kept. They would be kept as long as necessary, which would probably be five years, the statement said. The Statement also allows "non-personal identifiable or collected data to be stored, used or shared without restriction for any purpose" and that the data could be processed "outside the country", including places "where you may have fewer rights", reports The New York Daily News.

There was no question of a facial scan
"We had to follow a point with the nose," said an 18-year-old student who had participated in the trial. Some students were asked if they wanted to take a survey or test an Android phone. From a face, a scan was not mentioned.

A Google spokesperson said that the company is gathering data through field research to build its face recognition capability "with robust security and performance ." "Our goal, in this case was to make sure that we have a fair and secure function that works across different skin tones and facial shapes," Google told The New York Times. Google managers are also said to have been involved in Randstad's telephone conferences regularly, covering many aspects of data collection and review, including the mandate to pursue "darker skin tones," a former employee said.

Internet Connection Or Telephone Number Only Against Face Scan!

If you want to have a new internet connection or a new telephone number in China, you have to have your face scanned from 1 December 2019. A similar regulation was issued by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as the online magazines, Gizmodo and Quartz first reported and should also apply to already registered connections.

In order to get an Internet connection or a telephone number, people in China will have to present their ID and confirm their identity by means of facial recognition. This is to ensure that users can only register connections under their real names. Also already registered connections are to be checked by the telephone and Internet providers. If false information has been provided, the contracts should be terminated. A transfer of telephone numbers prohibits the scheme. As a result, surveillance and control in China are widening further.

In China, facial recognition is widely used to identify people. However, changing a person's face can cause massive problems. After plastic surgery, a Chinese woman was no longer registered by facial recognition on her work. Also checking in hotels and entering fast trains did not work anymore. Even online shopping became complicated because the payment app could no longer identify her with her face.

She should not be alone by far. A real-time facial recognition system in London in early July showed how problematic face recognition systems can be: in more than 80 percent of cases, the system was wrong. Even the test of a face recognition system on tolled New York bridges and tunnels failed.

In addition, the systems can be outsmarted. The security researcher Jan Krissler aka Starbug has already managed to avoid biometric identification procedures on several occasions. According to Starbug, after the hack of vein detection last year, there are hardly any biometric systems left that have not been bypassed. At the 31C3 in 2014, he had presented attacks on facial and iris recognition systems, the year before he was able to overcome within a few days Apple's fingerprint system Touch ID of the iPhone 5S. However, the Federal Government plans to expand the video surveillance at stations and the use of face recognition and intelligent video surveillance.