Juul selling a data-tracking internet-enabled e-cigarette that uses facial recognition to verify age

A new internet-connected e-cigarette from vape company, Juul, will look to curb underage consumption and collect an unprecedented amount user data in the process. The product, called Juul C1, was recently launched in the United Kingdom and comes with a host of new safety features which are enabled through the use of its companion smart phone app, according the Financial Times. Among the biggest new features, says the report, is a more stringent age-verification process. That process involves'facial recognition and two-step background check with third-party databases' according to Dan Thomson, a managing director for Juul in the U.K. who was interviewed by the Times. The company is also reportedly considering the use of a geofencing feature that would prevent the devices from being used in smoke-free areas like schools and hospitals. A company spokesperson for Juul told Gizmodo that it doesn't currently have the capability to do so.