QR code facial recognition app exposes impersonator in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: A woman attempting to impersonate a female candidate for the Common Entrance Test (CET) at one of the exam centres in Bengaluru, was caught through a QR code-based facial recognition system, which Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) introduced this year.

The impersonator, identified as Tuba Fathima Jameel, arrived at the exam centre, Silver Valley Public PU College in Malleswaram, on Thursday morning to write the Mathematics exam.