Just saw a coffee shop in Austin scanning faces at the register

I walked into this place on Congress Avenue and they had a tablet asking for my photo before I could order, and nobody else in line seemed to care that the shop was building a biometric database just so I could pay for a $4 latte, has anyone else run into this creepy setup yet?

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anna56726d ago

Wait didn't I see a news article about some coffee chain in California getting sued over facial recognition last month? That's wild that people were just cool with it like it's no big deal. I get that they probably want to speed things up or track repeat customers, but scanning your face just to buy a latte feels way too invasive for my comfort level. Honestly if that happened to me I'd probably just walk out and find a different shop, there's plenty of places that take cash or a card without needing my biometric data.

uma_baker8826d ago

Right?! Same thing happened near me and I walked straight out. No thanks.