Understanding the Acceptance of a Face Recognition-Based Identity Verification System: An Input to its Design and Development in the Philippines

Face recognition as a way to verify the identity of a person is a distinctive and inherently reliable identification method. This technique has been applied in various fields and has been increasingly a focus of research. In the Philippines, the adaption of this technology to advocate safe community is still in its infancy period. Understanding the needs and acceptance of individual to adopt such technology would be very vital as an input for the design and development of such system. Hence, this paper presents an explorative study on user's point of view with regards to their intention to accept and adopt a face recognition-based identity verification system embedded on a mobile device as a tool that aids in achieving safer community. The empirical results of the quantitative analysis show that the essential determinants, which contribute to user's intention to accept the technology are related to design, security, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use.