As the current COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe and dramatically alters society, governments and corporations are turning to novel uses of biometric technologies to limit contagion and maintain economic opportunities. Technologies that may have once seemed like the province of science fiction—such as thermal facial recognition, remote fever detection, or smartphone-based immunity certificates—are now not only possible but also already in use. This raises important questions about the potential privacy implications of the widespread collection and use of such personal data. While multimodal biometric surveillance technologies such as these may prove useful in slowing the spread of SARS–CoV-2, we caution that the ability of governments and corporations to leverage these technologies will likely persist beyond the current public health emergency. Just as many of the privacy concessions made in the USA Patriot Act have become permanent since the emergency circumstances of September 11, 2001, the privacy-limiting technologies unleashed during this pandemic may well persist unless policies are enacted now to regulate their use and ensure responsible oversight. Recognizing that these emergent technologies may become entrenched long after this public health crisis subsides, we focus here on the case of fever checks and thermal facial recognition technology to illustrate the current state of the technology, existing policies related to its use, and suggestions for proactive policies to govern its deployment during and beyond the present pandemic.

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COVID-19大流行期间热面部识别技术的兴起和监管。

随着当前的COVID-19大流行席卷全球并极大地改变了社会，各国政府和企业正在转向生物识别技术的新用途，以限制传染并保持经济机会。曾经看起来像科幻小说之类的技术，例如热面部识别，远程发烧检测或基于智能手机的免疫证书，现在不仅可行，而且已经投入使用。这引起了关于广泛收集和使用此类个人数据的潜在隐私隐患的重要问题。尽管诸如此类的多模式生物特征监测技术可能被证明有助于减缓SARS–CoV-2的传播，但我们告诫，政府和企业利用这些技术的能力可能会持续到当前的公共卫生紧急状况之外。自从2001年9月11日紧急情况以来，《美国爱国者法案》中做出的许多隐私让步已经成为永久性的，除非现在制定政策来规范使用和确保负责任，否则大流行期间释放的隐私限制技术可能会持续存在。监督。认识到这些新兴技术可能会在这场公共卫生危机消退后很久就根深蒂固，因此，我们在这里以发烧检查和面部热敏识别技术为例，以说明该技术的现状，与该技术有关的现有政策以及积极主动的建议。在当前和以后的流行中管理其部署的政策。在大流行期间释放的限制隐私的技术很可能会持续存在，除非现在制定政策来规范其使用并确保负责任的监督。认识到这些新兴技术可能会在这场公共卫生危机消退后很久就根深蒂固，因此，我们在这里以发烧检查和面部热敏识别技术为例，以说明该技术的现状，与该技术有关的现有政策以及积极主动的建议。在当前大流行期间及以后控制其部署的政策。在大流行期间释放的限制隐私的技术很可能会持续存在，除非现在制定政策来规范其使用并确保负责任的监督。认识到这些新兴技术可能会在这场公共卫生危机消退后很久就根深蒂固，因此，我们在这里以发烧检查和面部热敏识别技术为例，以说明该技术的现状，与该技术有关的现有政策以及积极主动的建议在当前和以后的流行中管理其部署的政策。