Facial Recognition Will be Used at Tokyo Olympics to Improve Security - Latest Hacking News

In the year 2020, Tokyo will essentially be breaking a tech record when they become the very first Olympics to use facial recognition technology in an attempt to improve security. On Tuesday, the organizing committee announced that Tokyo will be utilizing the tech for indentifying officials, athletes, media, and staff at the 2020 Paralympics and Olympics Games. It will, however, not be utilized in the identification of any spectators who attend the events. The utilization of the facial recognition technology is an effort to both increase security and hasten the entrance of authorized individuals. The Japanese IT conglomerate, NEC Corp, is currently developing the system.