Chinese e-commerce player Alibaba is developing facial recognition technology enabling mobile shoppers to replace their passwords with photos of their faces.
Alibaba is developing facial recognition tech
According to Alibaba chairman Jack Ma, such biometric technology will replace the use of passwords when buying online.
The technology will work by users scanning their faces with their phone handset’s camera in order to confirm a purchase. The technology is being developed by Alibaba’s Ant Financial unit for use with the Alipay Wallet and online payment service, although details of when it will be rolled out to users have not been given.
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