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Mastercard is Building Fingerprint Scanners Directly Into Its Cards (fastcompany.com)

Posted by msmash on from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.

Mastercard said on Thursday it's beginning trials of its "next-generation biometric card" in South Africa. In addition to the standard chip and pin, the new cards have a built-in fingerprint reader that the user can use to authenticate every purchase. From a report: Impressively, the new card is no thicker or larger than your current credit and debit cards.

3 of 85 comments (clear)

  1. Still waiting by sir-gold · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm still waiting for the version of the mastercard that includes a holographic AI assistant, that we were promised in the early 90s

  2. Re:Your machete, don't leave home without it. by avandesande · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you arm just got chopped off and you are worried about changing the authentication scheme for your credit card you have bigger problems.

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  3. Fingers by nnet · · Score: 3, Funny

    In unrelated news, Lloyd's Of London sees spike in finger insurance.