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China Unveils World's First Facial Recognition ATM

Posted by timothy on from the dystopian-possibilities dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Epic fail: someone always matches by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is a different problem, where your issue is a non issue. When you insert your credit card, the ATM gets your card number, cross references with your ID card and fetches validation photos from your ID photo database. Then it's just a matter of cross-validating the features of the face in the camera of the ATM against the photos in the database (for the ID associated with the credit card).