A convenience store in Portland, Oregon has implemented a digital face scan system that requires customers look at a camera before they are able to enter.
“Please look at the camera for entry,” a computerized voice says.
“Facial recognition in use,” the sign under the camera reads.
China has hundreds facial recognition stores.
It’s convenient to pay for your purchase with just your face, until your social credit score doesn’t permit you to enter the store.https://t.co/aTYt8eXuus pic.twitter.com/5FyxsZcR07
— Songpinganq (@songpinganq) July 10, 2023
The door remains locked until the customer consents and looks up at the camera.
Social media users have reacted to the development by drawing comparisons to China, which regularly requires citizens use facial recognition technology to access society. In communist China, citizens need to scan their face to buy products, and their social-credit scores get adjusted accordingly.
But with the democrat-run Portland having some of the highest crime rates in the United States, some stores have turned to the technology to save their businesses.
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