Moscow Metro biometric payment system hits 320,000 users amid surveillance fears

The Moscow Metro biometric payment system Face Pay has reached 320,000 users and is expecting to increase that number to about 500,000 people to use it by the end of the year. The news comes as the city’s subway system continues to face accusations of surveillance against activists, journalists and members of the opposition.

Maksim Liksutov, deputy mayor of Moscow and head of the Moscow Department of Transport said that the 320,000 users have made more more than 60 million …

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