Facial recognition technology in China beaten by a nose job

The growing popularity of cosmetic surgery is proving a challenge for facial recognition technology. — SCMP

A young woman in eastern China found her life turned upside down when plastic surgery altered her appearance so drastically she was banned from online payment gateways and unable to sign in to work.

The woman, who was identified only by the pseudonym Huan Huan, told her local television station on the weekend that her troubles had begun a month before when she had cosmetic surgery on her nose.