
The Infinite Retina
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It is now commonplace to unlock smartphones and computers using fingerprint and/or facial recognition. In some countries outside of the US, such as China, Spain, and South Korea, facial recognition has already been implemented for ATM security.
When we spoke with Brett King, the author and founder of the banking service company Moven, he became especially animated when talking to us about the developments happening in China. In China, facial recognition is even being used to pay for vending machine items.
Chinese technology expert Matthew Brennan has reported that he found a TikTok video that shows that non-Chinese people are blocked from using that facial recognition payment system, presumably because they don’t have IDs issued by mainland China.
Figure 9.5: Photo credit: TikTok. A still from a video uploaded to TikTok that shows a woman paying for a vending machine item using facial recognition.
In 2015, China...
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