Panasonic creates device-locked QR codes to speed facial biometric capture

Panasonic announced a modified QR-code system for its Site Management Service that embeds registration data and only reveals content in authorized devices/environments, enabling cameras to scan codes to enroll users for facial-recognition access control instead of capturing live face images. The company says the approach prevents ordinary readers from extracting the registration information and has applied for a patent; the article frames this as a product/identity-management development rather than a security incident.