---
title: "Should Facial Recognition be Used to Identify Individuals with Coronavirus?"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/should-facial-recognition-be-used-to-identify-individuals-with-coronavirus/"
date: "2020-03-23T05:11:06+00:00"
section: "Industry Insights"
tags:
  - "Corona Virus"
  - "Cyber Criminals"
  - "Cyber Security"
  - "Data Security"
  - "Facial Recognition"
source: "securitymagazine.com"
source_url: "https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/91953-can-facial-recognition-identify-individuals-with-coronavirus"
---

# Should Facial Recognition be Used to Identify Individuals with Coronavirus?

March 23, 2020 · Reported by securitymagazine.com

> Facial recognition companies are seeing opportunity in their services with the Coronavirus in identifying individuals without the risk of close contact, according to OneZero. DERMALOG, a biometrics company that makes fingerprint, iris, and facial recognition hardware, has adapted its technology to determine temperature and is pitching the update as a safety feature, says the news report.

[Read the full article at securitymagazine.com](https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/91953-can-facial-recognition-identify-individuals-with-coronavirus)

**Tags:** [Corona Virus](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/corona-virus/) · [Cyber Criminals](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/cyber-criminals/) · [Cyber Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/cyber-security/) · [Data Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/data-security/) · [Facial Recognition](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/facial-recognition/)