It’s certainly not the first company to start work on a pay-by-selfie technique but Amazon has filed a patent for a new system that’ll have you spending your money quicker than you already do… on Amazon. It’ll work by using facial recognition to compare a selfie taken at the transaction stage to an image it already holds of you, while adding an extra layer of security to confirm you’re a “living human” by getting you to perform an action, like a cheeky wink. Amazon explains in the patent that it’s responding directly to the fact that “passwords can be stolen or discovered…
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