Beijing subways may soon get facial recognition and hand scanners

Beijing’s subway is the world’s busiest; it groans under the weight of around 10 million daily commuters and is a prime candidate for ticketless operations. That’s where the bio-ID tracking comes in: once properly installed, cameras with online network connections would be able to identify individuals entering the city’s subway stations, and palm scanning devices …

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