Facial recognition: The good and the bad
Is facial recognition “creepy or cool?” asked a June 2015 survey of British shoppers. The poll, conducted by product personalisation firm RichRelevance, found that while shoppers were generally OK with personalised recommendations they were a little unnerved by the idea of facial recognition being the source of the targeting. It’s a strange one given that MasterCard recently revealed via CNN that it is trialling the use of selfies as authentication for in-store purchases and Apple has lifted the lid on its biometric authentication mobile commerce software Apple Pay in Europe.
