Biometric Payment Arrives in a Store Near You 206
"A chain of Florida convenience stores has begun accepting fingerprints as payment, using a biometric system called Pay By Touch. The company is a Bay-area startup backed by $130 million in VC cash and the acquisition of BioPay, a Virginia-based biometrics firm that's already done $7 billion in European transactions. From the article: 'The company is a bit puzzled by customer privacy fears. After all, they say, how can using a unique fingerprint for identification be riskier to theft than a plastic card, key chain token, or account number? ...The fingerprint image recorded is not the same as those collected by the federal government or law enforcement.'"
The cost of shopping.... (Score:5, Funny)
In Other News (Score:5, Funny)
Film at 11:00.
Re:Uhh... (Score:2, Funny)
Me First! (Score:1, Funny)
Mugger steals credit card: bad (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Gummibears anyone? (Score:4, Funny)
Also, do you know how old that gummy bear is? You might be touching an under-aged gummy bear.
One might have a gummy bear fetish. (hrmpphph they are tasty.....)
Okay so we have (Score:3, Funny)
fuel from anything in 9 years. Check.
Now all we need hoverboards and Pepsi Perfect.
Re:Uhh... (Score:3, Funny)
Okay, it's a cheap shot, but... (Score:2, Funny)