In July, Google announced its ditching the physical fingerprint sensor in Pixel 4 to enable an iPhone-like face recognition system. Later, the company also confirmed it’s running a ‘field research,’ where it’s offering $5 to people in exchange for their facial data. The search giant said it’s collecting this data to tune the upcoming device’s software for all kinds of faces. A report published by the New York Daily Times today suggests Google‘s contractors might’ve used dubious methods including targeting homeless people and unaware college-going students to gather this data. According to the report, a company named Randstad was hired by…
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