IMPORTANCE OF FACIAL AUTHENTICATION FOR THE WEB & APP
Tags: facialauthentication, web3, react
Published: 2022-08-08 21:44:12

## What Is Facial Recognition And Why Is It Important? 

## What is face recognition technology? 

Facial recognition is a biometric software application that can uniquely identify or verify a person by comparing and analyzing patterns based on their facial contours. Facial recognition is primarily used for security purposes, but there is growing interest in other application areas. In fact, facial recognition technology has received a great deal of attention due to its potential for a wide range of applications related to law enforcement and other businesses.
                 Most face recognition systems work based on different nodes in the human face. Measured values for variables associated with points on a person’s face help  uniquely identify or verify that person. This technology allows applications to use data obtained from faces to accurately and quickly identify individuals of interest. Facial recognition technology is rapidly evolving with new approaches such as 3D modeling that help overcome the problems of existing technologies. 
 Face recognition has many benefits. Compared to other biometric authentication methods, facial recognition is contactless. Facial images can be remotely captured  and  analyzed without  the need for user-human interaction. As a result, no user can impersonate another person. Facial recognition can serve as a great security measure for timing and attendance. Facial recognition is also a cheaper technology, as it requires less processing than other biometric technologies. 
 Face recognition has some drawbacks. Face recognition can only identify people under good lighting and other conditions. Insufficient or partially darkened faces can make the  application unreliable. Another drawback is that facial recognition becomes less effective when facial expressions change.
The technology of facial recognition involves categorising and identifying human faces, mostly by numerically mapping specific facial features, noting the distinctive ratio, and storing the data as a face print. This technique is used in your mobile device’s camera for face detection.

Speaking about the benefits of facial recognition systems, we should highlight the following ones:
Improved public security
Fast and non-invasive identity verification
Better worker attendance systems
Faster processing
Facial recognition is a powerful technology but it has to be used wisely.

Despite the benefits that this technology brings to businesses, it also carries certain threats that are a subject of concern for both companies and users.

On one hand, it brings immense advantage to the companies and end-users, helps them enhance their security and track down the trespassers.

On the other hand, it may be misused for personal benefit and lead to some serious consequences.

Before opting for such technology, you should choose the right vendor like FACEIO and make sure that everything will operate correctly.

## Pros and Cons of facial recognition technology 
Pros

The integration process is easy. 
 In most cases, facial recognition tools work perfectly well with  existing security software installed by companies. It is also easy to program to interact with your organization’s computer systems. Why is it perfect for your business? Companies don’t have to spend extra money and time  redeveloping their own software to fit the integration of facial recognition technology. Everything is already customizable.
High precision: 
 Today, the success rate of facial recognition technology is higher than before. Thanks to the support of 3D face recognition technology, the identification process is incredibly accurate, showing excellent results. Fooling such a system is possible, but difficult. Accuracy promises no misunderstandings caused by bad facial recognition software. You can be confident that the right person will be identified at the right time with high accuracy.
Contact not required: 
 Face recognition is now enrolled by fingerprint scanning as no contact process is required. You don’t have to worry about  potential shortcomings of fingerprint identification technology, such as: B. Dirty hands. 
 Robust and Fast: 
 With  ever-increasing demands for speed and the increasing number of cyber-attacks, fast and accurate technology is essential. Facial recognition technology provides fast and convenient verification. Although possible, facial recognition technology is very difficult to fool and helps prevent fraud.
Fully automated 
 While manual recognition is performed by security guards or off-site official representatives, facial recognition technology automates the identification process and ensures it is error-free every time.Employees monitor  cameras 24/7 is not necessary. This ends in both cost and time. Automation means convenience and also reduces costs. Therefore, any entrepreneur will be happy that the  image identification system is fully automated.
CONS
 High cost required: 
 Of course you need an expensive high quality camera and advanced software. However, there are predictions that advances in technology are likely to drive down the price of facial recognition systems in the future. 
 Huge data storage: 
 This technique requires videos and high-quality images that take up a lot of storage space. As a result, organizations end up using a large number of computers to process everything and get things done quickly, which is not very convenient. 
 Appearance and camera angle changes: 
 Any major changes in appearance, such as weight changes or piercings, can ruin technology. In such cases, the technology does not work and a new image is required. Camera angles can also cause problems with face identification.

## How Facial Recognition Technology Works #

In order to confirm a person’s identification, facial recognition uses a deep learning algorithm to match a live capture or digital image to a face print that has been previously recorded. However, a type of machine learning algorithms known as deep learning use numerous layers to gradually extract higher-level features from the input’s raw data. In image processing, for instance, lower layers might recognise borders, while higher layers might identify ideas important to people, like numbers, letters, or faces.


## 
A brief introduction to [FACEIO](faceio.net)

In place of the standard login/password combination or OTP code, FACEIO is a facial authentication system that can be simply put on any website by a little JavaScript snippet (much like Disqus or Google Tag). Start over here.

Any website or web application that wants to provide safe facial recognition to its users can easily integrate FACEIO, a cross-browser, Cloud & On-Premise deployable, facial authentication framework, with a client-side JavaScript library (fio.js). FACEIO gives the most secured facial recognition feature to their users.

## Benefits of using FACEIO

Some significant advantages of adopting FACEIO
Easily and quickly authenticate users using face recognition on their preferred browser.

Enroll new users safely and instantly without the usage of FIDO keys, OTPs, or security questions…

Password-less authentication increases conversion while facial recognition reduces fraud!

Complete the audience authentication problem. Bots and programmes that run automatically are no more!
Getting started with FACEIO
FACEIO posses very straightforward method for implementing it on websites and applications. Before so, you need to create a new application first on the FACEIO Console, and link this resource to your website or web application. Here’s the checklist you’ll need during implementation of FACEIO on your web app.
Create a new FACEIO application first: Follow the Application Wizard on the FACEIO Console to create your first application and link it to your website or web application.
The Application Wizard should automate the creation process for you. Usually, this involve inputting an application name, selecting a facial recognition engine, cloud storage region, reviewing security options, customizing the Widget layout, and so forth.
Once your first FACEIO application created, simply implement fio.js, our facial recognition JavaScript library on your website, and initialize the library with your application Public ID.
Now you have successfully implemented FACEIO on your web app.

It’s really a quick process to implement FACEIO technology, and get it up & running on your website or web application. 
We are providing some guides and tutorials so that you can easily start with FACEIO

Guide to get started (https://faceio.net/getting-started): Learn how to start with FACEIO.