Just give them the finger
Those of you who interpreted the headline in a way it was not meant to be interpreted, shame on you. An ‘Edeka’ store in the German town of Ruelzheim has introduced a paying system by which a customer needs to place his/her finger on a scanner in order to pay for their merchandise. All the customers need to register at first by sampling their finger print and giving their bank or credit card details. The shopping chain is confident that the system will be successful as the chance of two people having the same fingerprint is about one in 220 million. Looks like the whole world is going biometric.
posted by Ajay Shroff PermaLink
3 Comments:
Great article. I often wonder how things will change in my lifetime; I see more and more of this type of technology.
On a side note, I love the ad Google selected for this article. Somethng about "...losing my book tour virginity." Interesting match.
WOW. Big Brother, here we come. I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, identity theft will be a thing of the past (unless they chop off your finger). On the other hand, isn't this going to allow for more invasion of privacy?
yeah it is but its the future, we cant stop it. People are looking for ways to make life go by faster. Imagine getting your biometric data stolen and getting arrested at an airport because a terrorist misused your biometric id.
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