Saturday, October 16, 2021

Face Pay in Moscow


 

The facial technology is able to recognise passengers even if they are wearing hats or masks

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Commuters on the Moscow metro will be able to pay for their journeys at a glance with the introduction of the world’s most extensive facial recognition system for payments today, despite concerns about the “Orwellian” surveillance tools being deployed in the Russian capital.  The system, named Face Pay, allows users to look into a camera at special entrance turnstiles fitted in the metro’s 241 stations, instead of tapping in with a bank or metro card.

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