https://www.computerworld.com.au/articl ... ternative/New South Wales transport minister Andrew Constance has revealed plans to roll out facial recognition technology across the transport network as an alternative to Opal cards.
"In the transport space we'll use facial recognition technology to scan customers who've 'opted in' and linked their Opal account," Constance said in a speech at the Sydney Institute on Tuesday night.
"No more gate barriers. Just a smooth journey," he said.
The minister said he expected commuters to use "frictionless transport payments" in the "not too distant future” and compared the capability to Amazon’s Go stores where shoppers simply fill their basket, walk out of the store, and then charged.
Constance also floated the possibility of using “biometric recognition” where people can be identified using other physical and movement markers.
"Digital identity verification will eventually be integrated with biometric recognition," he said.
"This will read someone's face, retina, breath, gait or voice to enable next level authorisation and access. Think truly contactless payments - entry to buildings, onto planes, at banks and hotels."
This is taking things to the next level of tracking peoples' movements and an invasion of privacy imo.