Pasadena Wants to Test Face-Scanning System That Allows You to Pay for Meals | Eater LA

"This Pasadena bubble-tea spot is part of a pilot deploying facial-recognition payments: customers register with a selfie, load funds with a credit or checking account, order from the participating menu, and simply look into a kiosk at pickup while a cashier approves and hands over the drink. Organizers market the system as a safer, more contactless alternative amid COVID-19 safety measures, yet observers caution about racial bias in facial-recognition and possible privacy and data-sharing issues. The rollout is managed by the Cali Group and began this week." - Mona Holmes