Japan has face recognition software to "see" the amount of wrinkles on a face to judge the age of a customer at their cigarette vending machines. It looks like the camera can be fooled by a simple magazine cutout. More on how Bruce Willis wants young Japanese children to smoke here. Update: Taspo is being used due to the face recognition issue. Sales of in store cigarettes have increased as consumers do not want to register to get a taspo card.
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