{"id":7292,"date":"2013-07-17T02:45:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T06:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=7292"},"modified":"2013-07-16T23:15:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T03:15:08","slug":"would-you-use-uniqul-to-pay-with-your-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/would-you-use-uniqul-to-pay-with-your-face.html","title":{"rendered":"Would You Use Uniqul To Pay With Your Face?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uniqul is a startup company from Finland, and they have developed a new way for us to pay for our transactions and much more. It’s a face recognition device that doubles as a payment system. \u00a0Basically, when you go to check out, the thing recognizes your face and then you press OK on the screen. There are no details yet on how your face goes into the system. You can even use it to check in at the airport.<\/p>\n

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Like I said, there are no details yet on how this will work, like how the machine will get your face in the first place. Maybe from your license? My first instinct was to say, no way!! Why would I want to make a payment with my face? And what if the machine makes a mistake and puts up someone else’s face? It’s a human-made machine, so it cannot be 100% right all the time. What about about twins? Will the machine be able to tell the difference between Twin One and Twin Two?<\/p>\n

The whole thing sounds ridiculous to me, but then again, that’s what I thought when they started making cell phones with cameras. I really thought, who the heck needs a camera on the phone? But look where we are today. I don’t think there are phones without cameras now. That would be sacrilegious. No?<\/p>\n

Watch this video below that tells you more about this technology. \u00a0Oh, and I don’t know about people checking in to airplanes via this face recognition thing. Sounds insecure. I don’t know.<\/p>\n