Facial recognition-based authentication to verify a user in a web application is discussed in a beginner-friendly manner using FaceIO APIs.

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Authentication is a very crucial aspect of your web application. In the past, email password-based authentication was most popular and widely used. With the advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), facial recognition techniques gain huge popularity. In this article, we are building a simple application to demonstrate how to authenticate a user using facial recognition.

How to Authenticate a User via Face Recognition in Your Web Application

Why we need facial recognition-based authentication

<p>Authentication with face is good option, where users are limited like private network/firm/office like purposes, but can be problematic for global use like social media where users are countless.  Face recognition is not full-proof solution as its not 100% accurate in case of twins or many similar cases.</p>
