WeChat has developed secure payment-level facial recognition: You can spend money even when wearing a mask

With the arrival of winter, concerns about the new coronavirus pandemic have prompted everyone to put on masks again. However, the problem is that masks are a hassle for facial recognition, and people often have to take off their masks to use WeChat payment.

Now Tencent is finally going to figure out WeChat payment for people wearing masks. According to supply chain insider Mocha, Tencent has already figured out payment security level for facial recognition when wearing masks, which means that normal facial recognition payment can be done without taking off the mask.

Pay attention to the key point of this sentence - payment security level. In fact, simply wearing a mask for facial recognition is not a technical problem. Existing technology can do it. However, this kind of facial recognition is not safe enough. Payment security requires ensuring a higher level of security verification. The difficulty will increase a lot after the mask covers most of the face.

At present, this technology is also the focus that domestic and foreign companies are working on. If Tencent can master it, the industrial chain will follow quickly.

Mocha mentioned an example in his revelation that some subway equipment suppliers have begun to design ticket checking equipment based on WeChat facial recognition . In the future, people will not have to take off their masks frequently when wearing masks on subways, high-speed trains, etc.