The danger of using the Moscow metro fare payment system by FacePay is the possible leakage of confidential passenger data. This was stated by the chairman of the department for external church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on the air of the TV channel “Russia 24”.
“The danger here, of course, is that confidential data will leak somewhere, that photographs of people who are in some common databank can become available to intruders, so there are, of course, a lot of risks here,” Ilarion said. …
Therefore, the use of FacePay, the Metropolitan believes, should be voluntary. “If a person is ready to substitute his face as a credit card, then probably no one should forbid him. But if a person is not ready to do this, then alternative forms of payment should remain, ”he added.
The authorities have called when card payments will be introduced everywhere in the Moscow metro
The FacePay system began operating in the Moscow metro from October 15th. Such a fare payment option is valid at all metro stations, and later they want to connect it to the MCC (Moscow Central Circle, 31 stations) and MCD (Moscow Central Diameters, 60 stations), as well as in ground transport.
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