Biometric Authentication In The AI Era Balancing Security and Privacy

In an age where AI is revolutionizing all aspects of digital interaction, biometric authentication is at the intersection of innovation, security, and privacy. Born of an urgent necessity to explore how fast-changing AI technologies are both enabling and complicating the deployment of biometrics in identity verification systems, this book, “Biometric Authentication in the AI Era: Balancing Security and Privacy,” has emerged. As governments, businesses, and individuals increasingly use biometric modalities face recognition, fingerprint scanning, iris detection, and voice authentication for convenient and secure access, concerns over surveillance, data breaches, and civil liberties hang larger than ever. This book aims to examine the two-sided nature of biometric authentication, examining its potential to repel cyber attacks and fraudulence while also critically examining its role in accelerating privacy loss and algorithmic bias. The chapters span