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Your Fingerprint Buys Groceries in Seattle

Posted by timothy on from the don't-lose-your-id dept.

lildogie writes: "The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that a Thriftway grocery store is installing fingerprint scanners that they will use to identify customers." Each customer's payment method (credit, debit) is then automatically applied at checkout. Haven't they seen Charlie's Angels?

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  1. Re:The Logical Extension by flimflam · · Score: 4, Funny

    The hard part is when they revoke the old ones though...

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