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Re:Ask HN: Cause of UK e-gates outage? by walthamstow on Saturday May 27, 2023 @11:29AM (#36095569)
I have always assumed face recognition because my passport picture has no glasses and the gates never work when I wear my glasses. A human would recognise me, I think.
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Re:Ask HN: Cause of UK e-gates outage? by danpalmer on Saturday May 27, 2023 @11:52AM (#36095707)
Interesting. I'm the opposite, my passport photo doesn't have glasses, but I've never taken them off for the gates and I don't think they tell you to, and I've never had a gate fail.
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Re:Ask HN: Cause of UK e-gates outage? by psychphysic on Saturday May 27, 2023 @11:56AM (#36095753)
They do tell you to take them off. But they might be targeting shades more than regular glasses.
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Re:Ask HN: Cause of UK e-gates outage? by danpalmer on Saturday May 27, 2023 @11:59AM (#36095771)
Oh! How weird. Maybe I'm getting the UK gates mixed up with Australia where I'm often travelling to. I do remember looking for a sign and being surprised that I didn't need to take them off recently, but it might have been outbound.
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