A man gets ready to walk through a subway turnstile equipped with a face scan payment system at Zijingshan station in Zhengzhou, Sept. 27, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
China’s subways embrace facial recognition payment systems despite rising privacy concerns
- Since the service began trials in September, nearly 200,000 commuters in Zhengzhou have elected to authorise face-scan payments
A man gets ready to walk through a subway turnstile equipped with a face scan payment system at Zijingshan station in Zhengzhou, Sept. 27, 2019. Photo: Xinhua