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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. Pope Jean Paul II dead at 84! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In a tragic turn of events, the pope today succumbed to his illness, and passed away. May god rest his soul.

    1. Re:Pope Jean Paul II dead at 84! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Offtopic, it is, but more importantly, it should be modded troll. The pope is alive and well, and spreading false information....
      FUCK THE POPE, is what you probably think.

    2. Re:Pope Jean Paul II dead at 84! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      GWB for counter-pope!
      GWB for counter-pope!
      GWB for counter-pope!

    3. Re:Pope Jean Paul II dead at 84! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Apparently he's a 'demon' in the sack!

      Boom boom!
      Thankyou very much I'm here every thursday.

  2. OMFG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    REPENT SINNER!

  3. Pay by touch by bitswapper · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Or pay to touch...

  4. Why the hard-on for the cops? by laetus · · Score: 0, Offtopic



    "Fuck You Pigs"

    You know, your comment was mildly interesting up to this point. But I have to ask, why the anger at the police? I hope the comment was a joke.

    For every bad cop you can point to involved in something like the Rodney King beating or the Abner Louima torture, there are tens of thousands of professional police officers dedicated to preventing and solving crimes, as well as enforcing basic laws which help us survive as a peaceful society. Some of them even die for you while you're resting peacefully at night.

    So if it wasn't a joke, lose the 'tude. It's disrespectful of a lot of hard-working people.

    --

    "We're sorry, but the website you're trying to reach has been disconnected."
  5. Too bad this system wasn't used for the elections by beforewisdom · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We might have gotten 0% fraud for that

  6. #irc.t8ooltalk.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mutated t3sticle 0f were taken over

  7. Re:All HELL is breaking loose ... by Mickey+Jameson · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry to disappoint you, but Ticketmaster does not deal with the Super Bowl. There's a lottery that the NFL sets up every year as a means to distribute the tickets. And whatever tickets you get are first come, first serve - nobody gets more than 4 tickets and usually the first X amount of rows are reserved anyway.

    Granted, you were probably being hypothetical about the Super Bowl reference, but with your "i know what i'm talking about" I had to clarify that you don't know what you're talking about when it comes to Super Bowl tickets.

    Not trying to be a dick... Just sayin'...

  8. Re:good (OT) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why do you need to conceal a handgun, unless you are planning on robbing someone or somewhere? In fact, why do you need a gun?