Monday, September 19, 2016

After iOS update 10 iPhone all photos scanned for faces


Dusseldorf. A few days ago Apple iOS distributed 10, the new version of its mobile operating system. Many users wonder about a new feature in the app "Photos": Without Consent all faces there will be scanned in the pictures. What's it all about? After updating to iOS 10 and the first start of the Photos app appeared at a colleague on the iPhone the Note ". 2,621 photos scanned to finish scanning the remaining 2,172 photos, your iPhone must be locked and connected to the grid." Among them was still the link "album 'People' See '.

The surprise was great that Apple unsolicited scans all stored on the device and assigns photos for faces. Especially since neither in the app directly or there is a possibility in the iPhone settings to disable the facial recognition.

If the face detection by a technical device, this is one of the biometric processes. This makes it tricky because these methods to Identify usually subject to data protection and because users react here most sensitive.

Fingerprint sensors on mobile devices as would certainly have prevailed not so fast when the prints would be stored on servers in the network. Only the insurance of smartphone manufacturers, the scanned fingerprints were stored locally on the device, lowered the threshold.

Google also scans faces

Google has the feature facial recognition integrated in its photo app for some time. Here the user must indeed give its assent, the recognition is then but on Google servers instead. The individuals albums are then available on all devices where you are logged in with their Google Account.

Apple takes a different approach. Although the user will not be asked for consent, it will face detection but also locally instead. The photo app itself does the work, to see the different faces of the images mountains on each iOS device and sort.

This also explains the information that the device must be closed to traffic and connected to the mains. Otherwise the battery- and processor-intensive operation would prevent other applications on the device.

The advantage of this approach is that the biometric data are uncontrolled by the user on any of these servers - especially the countless people photographed could not be asked for permission.

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1 comment:

  1. that great news for iPhone user also welcome Iphone 7 with IOS 10.

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