I can only see this going into a very dystopian path. Based on their actions, I donโ€™t trust these companies, their security practices, nor their privacy policies. Why would I give them my biometrics? And my full palm, at that!? Hell no!

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Iโ€™ve see where you can pay with your fingerprint at some venders. Itโ€™s a similar concept, in terms of single point of failure. Regardless, I hope youโ€™re right.

E: **mostly right. I wonโ€™t embed anything in my skin for payments. CC or cash or phone NFC (and I donโ€™t like that one for itโ€™s security implications). Thatโ€™s it.

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I wonโ€™t even use phone NFC for payments. Card, cash, or Iโ€™m taking my business elsewhere.

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Iโ€™ve never used phone NFC for payment. Iโ€™m with you here.

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Yep exactly, a single point of failure that also canโ€™t be replaced

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{At the board meeting}

Alex: โ€œI wonder if we could do thisโ€

Blake: โ€œMaybe we should talk about whether we should?โ€

[Blake gets thrown out the window]

{Several months later}

Moss: (sees device at a retailer) what the crap? Terrible idea!

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