Smile, you’re on Candid Camera. AliPay (formerly part of Alibaba, has 300 million customers for its mobile device payment service. This compares with one million ApplePay users. They recently demonstrated a beta of its facial recognition software. Basically, you point your smartphone at your face and it verifies that you are the owner before making a payment.
The fear, of course, is that one day casinos will see you coming before you get near a table. That day is still a ways off, IMO. But, technology inexorably evolves, making our lives both easier and harder.
http://www.computerworld.com/article...345e28b185a56b
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