Authorities in China's capital, Beijing have stepped up use of facial recognition-enabled smart locks in its public housing programmes to tackle tenancy abuses.A face-scanning system involving a total of 120,000 tenants is expected to cover all of Beijing's public housing projects, , by the end of June 2019, the South China Morning Post, reported, citing Chinese-language new.The Beijing News reported that by combining facial recognition with smart locks, the Beijing authorities hope to improve the security of public housing communities but also prevent illegal subletting.The aim is also to make sure the limited housing resources are only allocated to those in genuine need.
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