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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. kinda on the same lines... by ozzmosis · · Score: 4, Informative

    But this is not surprising concidering the cost of a home finger print scanner of only 39$.

  2. copying fingerprints is easy by Torstibutz · · Score: 4, Informative

    just check:
    http://www.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren ?language=en

  3. Fingerprint scanners are not reliable. by LinuxFreakus · · Score: 4, Informative

    I know several people who have season passes to Disney World... when you enter the parks, there is a fingerprint reader for season pass holders.

    I've borrowed 3 different season passes before and never had a problem getting past the scanner, it just isn't reliable.

    I bet a warm hotdog would work too.