117 MILLION

AMOUNT OF US CITIZENS THAT HAVE HAD THEIR IDENTITY LOGGED IN FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE.

With the rapid evolution of facial-recognition software — for use in both personal and governmental security — it makes sense that the number of people with their features logged on these services would be increasing, but the scale is perhaps alarming. 117 million people in the US have their face registered across various platforms, according to a report by Georgetown Law Center for Privacy and Technology, which accounts for about half the country’s adult population. Huge.