Facebook has had an issue with biometric data before

Meanwhile, Facebook is one of four tech firms (along with Apple, Google and Amazon) that is being investigated by the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee for possible antitrust violations. Just this past week, the committee released written responses from the four tech firms to questions it asked each of the companies. Facebook admitted in its reply that it dropped certain apps from its developer platform if they competed with Facebook’s own features. As an example, the company admitted that it dropped Vine, Twitter’s now defunct app that created six-second video loops. Facebook said that Vine was a copy of its News Feed. Committee members also wanted to know the “exact circumstances” behind Facebook’s decision to drop apps like Phhhoto, MessageMe, Voxer and Stackla. The company said that it “will restrict apps that violate its policies.” If Facebook cannot be trusted with personal and biometric data, we should be breathing a sigh of relief that it apparently stopped developing the aforementioned facial recognition app. Or did it? Can we believe Facebook when they say that it is no longer developing such a tool?” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>is a report from Business Insider stating that the company had developed a facial recognition app between 2015 and 2016 that was developed for employees. The app was never released to consumers and has been discontinued. The frightening thing about the system is that according to one source, it could identify any Facebook member if enough data about the member was available. The app was in the early stages of development, according to the report. Facebook employees with the app installed on their phones could point the camera at a person and seconds later the display would show their name and Facebook profile photo.