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Supermarket: Let your fingers do the paying
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 13:32:44 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 02:04:53 -0500 To: <undisclosed-recipient:;> Subject: Supermarket: Let your fingers do the paying Supermarket: Let your fingers do the paying By Jo Best Story last modified Tue Feb 01 12:18:00 PST 2005 A supermarket has given its customers the choice of paying by fingerprint at a store in the state of Washington--and has found them surprisingly willing to use the biometric system. U.S. chain Thriftway introduced the system, which uses technology from Pay By Touch , in its store in the Seattle area in 2002. It said it now sees thousands of transactions a month using the payment method. Once people have enrolled in the Pay By Touch system, they have their fingerprint scanned as verification of identity at the checkout. They then choose which credit card they want to pay the bill with, having already registered the credit cards with the store. Thriftway President Paul Kapioski said rather than shying away from the technology because of concerns about protecting their privacy, customer demand ensured that the biometric payment system made it past the pilot stage. ... http://news.com.com/2100-1029-5559074.html ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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