China Unveils World's First Facial Recognition ATM

An anonymous reader links to an article at IB Times according to which: China has unveiled the world's first facial recognition ATM, which will not allow users to withdraw cash unless their face matches their IDs. The machine was created by Tsinghua University and Hangzhou-based technology company Tzekwan. It has a camera installed in it that captures the facial features of the user then compares it with a database of identification photos.

Comments

Re:Unintended consequences

[antiperimetaparalogo]

Letting someone who you trust use your ATM card and PIN is not unusual but (almost always) it is against the agreed rules between you and the card issuer.

Re:Epic fail: someone always matches

[Kjella]

Uh, no. You're not trying to find a needle in a haystack, the ATM is trying to determine if the one person in front of the camera matches the one identity on file. it doesn't matter if there's 300.000 people who look enough like you to pass the check as long as the thief is one of the other 300+ million. You're weeding out the 99.9% who look nothing like you.