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Chinese Facial Recognition Tech Rolls Out On Kazakh Buses


Chinese Facial Recognition Tech Rolls Out On Kazakh Buses
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The Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, has launched the first trials of an app that allows commuters to pay for bus tickets through facial-recognition technology. The system relies on cameras supplied by Hikvision, one of the Chinese companies recently sanctioned by Washington over its alleged role in human rights abuses.

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