Forget swiping your card - thanks to a banner year for biometric payments, with JPMorgan and Mastercard joining the fray, paying with your face could soon be your new reality.

  • burgersc12@mander.xyz
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    6 months ago

    Facial recognition is somewhat unreliable. I remember when Samsung had to update their phones because photos of people were able to unlock their devices, and even people who just “looked similar” were able to access them.

    • TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Depending on the implementation it can be unreliable. More modern methods use 3D scans which can’t be fooled by a photo.