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It is not just Apple that is having some fun with facial recognition tech. It appears that the most widely used social media platform in the planet is also busy experimenting with this technology, especially as a method for authenticating a user’s identity. This should prove useful for Facebook account holders, particularly in instances wherein people can not get two factor authentication SMS (when visiting another country or when situated in an area with no mobile coverage, just to cite a couple of examples), or when they can not access their personal inbox.
Everybody has already heard of the iPhone X (which goes on sale on November 3rd of this year), and almost certainly, of its most interesting feature, Face ID. But for those still not in the know, however, the feature is basically about using facial recognition technology in order to unlock the iPhone X.
ZTE certainly hopes so. As a matter of fact, the Chinese tech giant is hoping to replace LG as the number three smartphone vendor in the United States in a year’s time. But as explained by Jeff Yee, the vice president of technology planning and partnerships at ZTE, becoming the third largest phone maker in American is just one part of a bigger plan.