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MasterCard To Start Verifying Payments Via Selfies
Selfies, long the rage on social networks like Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook may now have a serious application as payment card giant MasterCard announced it will start using selfies to verify payments. 500 pilot users will now take a photo instead of keying in PIN numbers, a method MasterCard chief product security officer Ajay Bhalla…
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I don't know if this is such a great idea... I feel like it could be used to track people easier.
Yeah, that's my thought. There exists a number of programs that can not only recognize a face, but recognize brand names and logos. By using a selfie, you're giving them the data about your surroundings as well. Wearing a fallout shirt means more Zenimax spam.
I think this is going to go badly. Fingerprint scanners are one thing (which can be faked), but a selfie? That's gonna be so much easier to fake than a fingeprint
What happens if the lighting's not good? Or if you get new glasses, haircut or facial hair and your face isn't recognized anymore?
Yay for facial recognition databases.
yeah, that's definitely some information i don't need stored in a database somewhere... Thanks but no thanks.