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Fingerprints Replace Credit Cards in Seattle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-in-one-store-anyway dept.

prostoalex writes "According to CNET News.com, Thriftway introduced biometric systems in its Seattle stores as far back as 2002. The customer would have to be identified first and submit his own fingerprints, as well as register credit cards with the grocery store. But then a Pay By Touch system became quite popular among the store regulars. According to CNET, "one man even drove 400 miles to use the technology". The store also reports 0% of such transactions being fraudulent."

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  1. Ah... by madaxe42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here in we've been using a similar system for unique biometric identification of customers for years. It works a bit like this:

    1) Walk into stor
    2) Say 'Hello Ifan' to Ifan, the shopkeeper
    3) Ifan says 'Hello ' back if he knows you
    4) Say '2 grenade launchers, one baboon, and a pint of guinness please, my good man'
    5) Ifan produces the above, charges your account, takes payment later. Nice and easy. And if you don't pay....

    6) Chop!

  2. Mark Of The Beast by seven+of+five · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess the barcode-on-the-forehead project didn't go so well.

  3. But he would drive 400 miles... by vkapadia · · Score: 5, Funny

    But he would drive 400 miles,
    And he would drive 400 more,
    Just to be the man who drove 800 miles
    To be a big lo-ser.

    (apologies to the Proclaimers)