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		goatinaboat on July 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Face masks are breaking facial recognition algorit... Fingerprint scanners are legacy tech. The cool kids now are using palm vein scanners - great CER and non-contact, you just hover your hand an inch above.

dx034 on July 29, 2020 [–]

Read about those at least a decade ago but never seen them in practice. Are they really used much?

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