Face-mask recognition has arrived—for better or worse New algorithms can police whether people are complying with public health guidance. The practice raises familiar questions about data privacy.

A new study from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has tested how accurate commercial facial recognition algorithms are at identifying people wearing protective face masks ...

Security researchers were able to bypass Face ID's "liveness" detection on the iPhone and iPad Pro with everyday items, defeating what is considered the industry's most advanced biometric security ...

Panasonic says their new facial recognition software is up to five times more accurate thanks to the ability to adjust for sunglasses, surgical masks, and age.

Facial recognition technology is increasingly used for everything from government surveillance to convenient online logins, especially in China. A new test reported by Fortune casts doubt on the ...

After supposedly tricking Apple's Face ID security system earlier this month with a $150 mask, Vietnamese security firm Bkav on Monday said it has repeated the process with a second 3D-printed ...

Thousands of dollars. Hours of work. Five different masks. Apple's iPhone X Face ID has held up against all of it.

That can be frustrating - but although masks have undoubtedly thwarted the facial-recognition industry, the technology has also adapted.