Face-Recognition Biometrics To Look For Under-Age Consumers
Written by Evan SchumanSome British convenience stores are trialing a facial biometric program to try and improve the accuracy of guessing the age of customers for age-restricted alcohol purchases. The systems “capture facial measurements that will be checked against a database of profiles of known offenders,” according to this story in ComputerWeekly.
The story quotes an exec with a POS firm involved as saying that the capabilities are relatively recent. “Until now, combining the many technologies has been virtually impossible, but we have jointly come up with a way of automatically reviewing moving clips that are constantly changing,” said Charlie Willetts, managing director of Charton, “and they are now able to use this as part of a bespoke facial recognition system.”
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Is there really an improvement between a mag swipe and contactless tap if multi-factor authentication is required?
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