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Biometric Payment Arrives in a Store Near You

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-string-of-finger-thefts dept.

"A chain of Florida convenience stores has begun accepting fingerprints as payment, using a biometric system called Pay By Touch. The company is a Bay-area startup backed by $130 million in VC cash and the acquisition of BioPay, a Virginia-based biometrics firm that's already done $7 billion in European transactions. From the article: 'The company is a bit puzzled by customer privacy fears. After all, they say, how can using a unique fingerprint for identification be riskier to theft than a plastic card, key chain token, or account number? ...The fingerprint image recorded is not the same as those collected by the federal government or law enforcement.'"

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  1. The cost of shopping.... by SubliminalVortex · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fingers today only, next month, we charge an arm and a leg!

  2. In Other News by Who235 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Officials from the Tampa police department respond to a rash of armed index finger amputations. Meat cleaver sales rise, while guitar sales plummet.

    Film at 11:00.

  3. Re:Uhh... by SubliminalVortex · · Score: 2, Funny

    Uh.. aren't you elite enough to wear those fancy white gloves?

  4. Me First! by Chilluhm · · Score: 1, Funny

    I for one, welcome our new Biometric Paying Overlords!

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    My sig sags.
  5. Mugger steals credit card: bad by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mugger steals your finger, worse.

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    God spoke to me.
  6. Re:Gummibears anyone? by SubliminalVortex · · Score: 4, Funny
    Touching a "gummy bear" in a way in which it wasn't intended is just plain wrong. Gummy bears are meant to be eaten not fondled.

    Also, do you know how old that gummy bear is? You might be touching an under-aged gummy bear.

    One might have a gummy bear fetish. (hrmpphph they are tasty.....)

  7. Okay so we have by zephc · · Score: 2, Funny

    finger-print scanners as payment. Check.
    fuel from anything in 9 years. Check.

    Now all we need hoverboards and Pepsi Perfect.

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    "I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
  8. Re:Uhh... by Joebert · · Score: 3, Funny
    Forget gloves, I'm waiting for the fluke where residue from the last print mixing with my print comes up in the computer as Micheal Jackson.
    Clerk: Uhhh, Micheal, Jackson ?...
    Me: Yeeeeah, I had them take it all off & start from scratch.
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  9. Okay, it's a cheap shot, but... by Kid+Zero · · Score: 2, Funny

    Which finger did they want on file, again? :eg: