Controversial ‘immunity passports’ could rely on facial recognition technology
https://tech.newstatesman.com/coronavirus/controversial-immunity-passports-could-rely-on-facial-recognition-technology
Facial recognition and biometric identification technology could play a role in how the still-controversial concept of ‘immunity passports’ might work. Although in the very early stages, NHSX, the health service’s digital arm, is considering the idea and in what ways technology could be deployed.
The organisation received a proposal (published via the parliamentary science and technology committee) from British biometric and digital identification company Onfido, that outlines how people could use a digital immunity passport to prove that they’re immune to coronavirus.