What's next, Amazon/Whole Foods will want to scan everyone's Iris for ID? know they can do facial recognition too
in no way would I opt into these schemes
in no way would I opt into these schemes
They built an Amazon Fresh store in my neighborhood a couple of years ago. They "scan everything" there. I'm not sure if people are buying into the whole 'just walk out' tech ... and it seems that every time I drive by, the parking lot is only 10-15% full ... as for me, it scares me how much technology/AI/whatever per sq ft is watching me. 🤣What's next, Amazon/Whole Foods will want to scan everyone's Iris for ID? know they can do facial recognition too
in no way would I opt into these schemes
To be fair, palm print isn't widely used as biometric-based identification. So even if the data gets compromised, it probably isn't all that valuable.No thanks. Amazon having my hand print, what could go wrong?
Privacy concerns aside, this is cool.
you're right ... it is cool. I'm sure a few years from now, our posts will be regarded as paranoid and looked at the same way as when other people in the past were concerned with emerging technologies or were 'slowly killing an industry.'
... this too will work fine, and eventually will be an everyday thing ... like it was with the introduction of credit/debit cards ...
OT: it's fascinating that anyone would even want to go to a bankWe all know it's going to end up like this:
Or you can just put in your phone number while your items are rung up. (If it works.)To be fair, palm print isn't widely used as biometric-based identification. So even if the data gets compromised, it probably isn't all that valuable.
Amazon claims palm prints are 99.9999% accurate, or as accurate as Face ID, vs 99.998% for Touch ID.
Having used Amazon One at Whole Foods, the enrollment process is tedious. It isn't something you want to do when you are holding up the long line. Once enrolled, it takes a bit of effort to scan your hand. But it is still far easier than launching Whole Foods app to scan the QR code and then using Apple Pay to complete the transaction.
I mainly enrolled in Amazon One as I often like to go shopping without a phone (only Apple Watch) and Whole Foods app is not available on Apple Watch.
It's kinda dumb that Amazon One isn't integrated into Whole Foods app though.
Which is On Device & never on someone’s servers! 👍🏻Apple vision pro already uses Optic ID....
Mark of the beast much?
Security concerns aside, is scanning your palm to pay that much faster and convenient than using your phone, smart watch or contactless payment card?
Palm scanning makes it possible to pay in an emergency when your devices get stolen or run out of power.
But is it worth it to have your biometric data stored on the internet?
People thought "Prime Air" was an April Fool's joke when Amazon announced it, and it turned out to be serious, drone delivery for certain purchases.hmmm......(is it April fool yet??).![]()