To Pay With Your Credit Card, Please Speak Up

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @12:10PM from the voice-activated dept.

prostoalex writes "It's reasonable easy for a thief to steal the social security number and bank account information (which is printed on a check) as well as an address. The next generation of financial tools are fighting this problem. Business Week talks about voice verification in future debit and credit cards. "Here's how it works: A special sensor on the credit card stores its owner's previously recorded voiceprint in digital form. When the owner receives a new card, he or she speaks a password into the sensor on the card. If the voiceprint matches, the card is activated.""

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Re:so.. by rokzy · 2005-04-20 12:33 · Score: 0, Troll

now I only read the summary, but it seems you didn't bother even doing that. it talks about ACTIVATING your card (i.e. once), not using it 24-7.

maybe you jusk freaked out because you're one of those 'tards who insists on using a card for every single purchase and worried you'd have to interupt your worthless mobile phone conversation to pay for your 35p packet of low-fat crisps.