Privacy, data security concerns as facial recognition becomes more common

Department of Computer Science, Faculty, News Media

Around the world, the use of facial recognition technology has been used for an increasing variety of purposes, ranging from law enforcement to checking into flights at airports. Associate Professor Terence Sim shared the reasons for the increasing use of facial recognition and the data security concerns of using the technology.

Channel News Asia, 18 November 2019

Trending Posts

20 May 2022
Preventing abuse of biometrics authentication technology
31 October 2018
Data Privacy in the Age of Big Data
5 December 2022
Work Talk Podcast: Singapore’s rise as a tech city and what it means for Singaporeans
5 August 2026
[Lianhe Zaobao] 雷蛇携手国大开发AI游戏助手 有望应用到自驾等实用领域
The Straits Times covered the launch of the Razer-NUS Joint AI Research Lab on 5 August, reporting on the lab's ...
8 June 2021
S’porean man, 28, creates map of digitally-disadvantaged hawkers to bring them customers
8 July 2018
Campus Hunter Episode 3
15 September 2026
[The Business Times] As AI firms call for accountability and limits, an opportunity beckons for Singapore
Professor Anthony Tung from NUS Computing was quoted in The Business Times on 15 September on what a slowdown in ...
9 September 2019
NUS artificial intelligence research gets boost
19 June 2025
The Perfect AI Lover: Sweet Escape or Toxic Trap?
5 August 2022
Through overseas internships, NUS students get real-world experience to bolster entrepreneurial ambitions
12 March 2018
Sailing the Krakatoa seas
13 January 2026
[CNA Digital] A table that cleans itself? Food centre operators turn to tech as cleaners become harder to find
10 November 2021
Rajah & Tann partners with NUS to develop a seven-course tech program for lawyers
14 May 2025
Digital Sector Talents Selected for SG Digital Leadership Accelerator programme
29 December 2023
To beat AI-empowered fraudsters, credit-card providers may need to share data
Highlighting the escalating sophistication of fraudsters in their tactics, detecting fraud presents a formidable challenge due to the sheer volume ...
13 July 2021
Future-Ready: How Is Singapore Developing Its Fintech Talent Pool?
7 March 2018
Browser-based payments startup RateX raises $3 million
5 September 2019
DeepBlue Technology and NUS School of Computing to collaborate on computer vision research
6 April 2022
Singapore’s NUS and NTU are Asia’s top in QS world university rankings
22 September 2019
The challenges of 5G network infrastructure
25 September 2024
S’pore universities’ computing enrolment surges, amid industry changes and stiff competition for jobs
18 February 2018
Commentary: The (not so) secret hack to becoming a successful entrepreneur
26 May 2023
狮城有约 | 科技一点通：人工智能与游戏设计
13 September 2026
[The Straits Times] Stem cells from menstrual blood: Femtech co-founder inspired by girlfriend’s periods
NUS Computing Business Analytics alumnus Kyle Lao was featured in The Straits Times (ST) for MenSC Labs, the femtech start-up ...
15 August 2022
NUS School of Computing to get new dean
15 February 2018
Singapore start-up aims to bring healthcare to Papua New Guinea’s needy, one drone at a time
31 July 2024
In the age of AI, there’s no future for workers content with being code monkeys — and they know it
10 March 2022
Top 10 degrees in S’pore with the highest starting pay based on survey & it’s not Business or Law
26 February 2018
IT, business graduates get higher starting pay
8 March 2024
AI talent, knowledge to be boosted with new initiatives
Associate Professor Bryan Low leads an accelerated Master’s programme in AI, providing early research exposure to Singaporean undergraduates. The programme ...