Loading ...RUSSIA – Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
Campaigners say Face Pay, launched in over 240 stations, is ‘dangerous step’ in efforts to control population
The cashless, cardless and phoneless system, named Face Pay, launched at more than 240 stations across the Russian capital on Friday.
“Now all the passengers will be able to pay for travel without taking out their phone, metro or bank card,” the Moscow mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, tweeted on Thursday evening.
“It will be enough just to look at the camera to pass through the turnstiles,”