Technology
All seeing
all knowing Words: Andrew Strange
ONCE THE STUFF of science fiction, biometrics that identify people by their physical characteristics or the way they behave are becoming commonplace. A KFC restaurant in China, for example, is already appealing to young customers by using a facial recognition system that allows them to pay for their chicken with a smile.
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These days, technology can recognise us by looking at everything from our facial features, fingerprints, iris and vein patterns, to the unique way in which we walk, sign our names or use our keyboards. In 2016, NEC Corporation announced that it had developed a biometric that could identify people by the
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Biometrics are increasingly being used to identify individuals in all manner of ways, but are we starting to cross a privacy line?