 TITLE: Can Facial Recognition Technology Protect You From Fraud? CONTENT: What Is Facial Recognition?\n---------------------------\nIf you've bought a smartphone in the past few years, you're probably already familiar with the concept of facial recognition. This new form of biometrics uses the shape of your face as password instead of a fingerprint or a typed-in passcode.\nApple, for example, completely moved away from fingerprint scanning to a technology they call Face ID with its most recent iPhone models. According to the tech giant, there's a 1 in 50,000 chance someone else could open your phone with their fingerprint, but those chances dwindle to 1 in 1 million with its facial recognition technology.\nIt's not just phones that use the technology, though. Facebook, for example, uses it when you upload a photo with other people. The website uses an algorithm to guess who the people in the photo are and whether you want to tag them. Google does the same thing with its Photos app.\nFacial recognition technology may also be used by:\n*   The U.S. government\n*   Colleges\n*   Retailers\n*   Airlines\n*   Religious groups\n*   Marketers and advertisers\n*   Law enforcement END