Churches are joining the widening group of entities using facial-recognition software to track people, RT reports. In four months, approximately 30 churches around the world have started using a facial-recognition software called Churchix, according to Moshe Greenshpan, the CEO of Face-Six, which sells the technology. Churchix uses CCTV footage or photos to match churchgoers against a database of high-resolution pictures collected by a church. It can be used to monitor attendance, alert church officials if members stop coming to services or screen for people banned from the church, the report states.
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