{"id":56925,"date":"2022-02-01T11:01:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T09:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=56925"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:58:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T05:58:43","slug":"moscows-ground-transport-to-be-equipped-with-face-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/moscows-ground-transport-to-be-equipped-with-face-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow&#8217;s ground transport to be equipped with Face Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023, the Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) and the capital&#8217;s surface transport will be equipped with the Face Pay biometric payment system. Deputy Mayor for Transport Maxim Liksutov told <a href=\\\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20220131\/oplata-1770245460.html\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\">RIA Novosti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cWe want Face Pay to appear on the Moscow Central Circle this year,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Liksutov, to date around 70,000 people have shared their biometric data, and 5,500 passengers use the service daily.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>However, rights advocates urged people to refrain from registering for Face Pay. According to a member of <span data-descr=\\\"Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights under the President of the Russian Federation\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">\u0421\u041f\u0427<\/span> and AI expert Igor Ashmanov, in early 2022 his acquaintance <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.pnp.ru\/politics\/dvulikaya-cifrovizaciya.html\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\">uploaded<\/a> biometric data to the app, and a couple of days later he was fined for riding the metro without a mask.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cHe does not know how to withdraw his face from this system, or to whom else it has been shared,\u201d the rights defender said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The Metro&#8217;s press service <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.securitylab.ru\/news\/528462.php\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\">denied<\/a> Ashmanov&#8217;s claim. According to them, oversight of mask-wearing in transport is carried out by the state-run \u0413\u041a\u0423 \u00ab\u041e\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0437\u043e\u043a\u00bb, which does not have access to the Face Pay database.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier biometric fare-payment went live at all Moscow Metro stations.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In February, the capital&#8217;s authorities announced plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/moscow-to-install-facial-recognition-cameras-on-metro-screens\">install a new system to track citizens<\/a> in the city&#8217;s underground.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog AI on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogAI\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\">ForkLog AI<\/a> \u2014 all the news from the world of AI!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023, the Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) and the capital&#8217;s surface transport will be equipped with the Face Pay biometric payment system. 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