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'Pay with smile’ facial recognition tech trialled in London cafes (www.standard.co.uk)
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Digital financial firm Revolut is piloting a new facial recognition payment system in London that allows customers to pay for items with a “simple glance”.

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[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

Payment by facial recognition, what could possibly go wrong ?

I walk past at the wrong time and pay for someone else's coffee ? Wrong person gets charged through an ID mistake ?

[-] Stowaway@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago

Or racist facial recognition charging the wrong person...

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