Scanning your face on a screen to get into the subway might not be that far off in the future. In China’s tech capital, Shenzhen, a local subway operator is testing facial recognition subway access, powered by a 5G network, as spotted by the South China Morning Post.
There are some advantages to the system. For example, riders won’t have to worry about forgetting their subway card or a low balance, but at the same time, it likely means that their every journey into the subway will be tracked down to the pixels of their faces. It’s not clear if that’s any more tracking than what’s already been done. Many major Chinese cities have extensive surveillance camera systems that log citizens’ faces, ages, genders, and how long they’ve been staying in the area.
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