Selfie biometrics app for farmers launches in Australia; digital ID program looms

The nostalgic image of the agrarian farmer is pixelating in Australia, where AgPick Technology, an agritech provider based out of Aldinga, is now offering a face biometric authentication app designed to protect growers, suppliers and pickers from identity fraud.

The global fresh produce and banana news trade publication Fresh Plaza reports that the AgPick app uses face biometrics and commercially available AI functionality to verify worker selfies and match their registered identity to details logged in the AgPick data store, …

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