Facial recognition used to buy concert tickets
A facial recognition system is being used as a method to purchase concert tickets, according to a report from FOX 13 Tampa Bay. The system appears to link a person's face to a payment or ticketing account at the point of sale.
Why this matters: Buying a ticket used to mean handing over money. Now it can mean handing over your face. That is a different kind of transaction. A face is permanent. A credit card number can be changed after a breach. Biometric data collected at a ticket window does not stay there. It gets stored, matched, and potentially shared. The convenience pitch will be smooth. The part worth watching is who keeps the faceprint, for how long, and what else they are allowed to do with it.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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