I can only see this going into a very dystopian path. Based on their actions, I don’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!

contactless cards are already a thing. why why why

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All this trouble and they didn’t even make the scanner shaped like a hand so you can high five it. Waste of potential.

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It won’t be long now until we have the eye scanner things from Minority Report and the only way to protect your privacy is to become blind

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Saw this at Whole Foods the other day for the first time and commented to the cashier that it was kind of creepy and her response was β€œI know right”.

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These types of things never work for me because my skin changes so much πŸ’€

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It measures your blood flow and veins using thermal and maybe infrared (?), so your exterior skin doesn’t come into play.

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