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Fingerprint Payment System Gets Financing
prostoalex writes to tell us Yahoo! News is reporting that Pay By Touch, an electronic payments startup that connects your fingerprint to your wallet, has received an additional $130 million in financing to move forward with their biometric payment system.
... actually i'd like to pay for everything with my middle finger...
Fucking sweet.
That's going to make it a bitch to type.
some dirty sod will sitck their finger up their own arse then use it no doubt.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
You already maxed out that card. And with your credit rating, do they actually give out a 401 credit score, you can't get another one.
hey buddy, thumb a hundred bucks to help save the clock tower?
Seriously, though, there are biometric devices that confirm whether the finger is the correct temperature.
That's why you carry them in your mouth until you need them.
Hey kid, thumb a hundred bucks will ya, help save the clocktower.
I'm sorry sir, your finger was declined. It says here that we're supposed to cut it up...
TODO: come up with a clever sig
Here's a helpful diagram of the proper finger to use. As you can see, this method of authentication is so simple that anyone can use it.
Note also that the the remaining fingers serve as ALERT fingers.