Looks like Amazon is setting up palm print scanners at certain locations so you can pay for your stuff
Thoughts?
Extremely dystopian. Identification isnāt security.
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Iām not going to use it, but I want to see the memes.
On the bright side, if theyāre opening up on allowing stuff like this, it may make it more reasonable to allow implants in the future.
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Unfortunately I think the simple-minded way fear works will not translate to accepting implants for payment anytime soon. People seem to need a tangible object to point at and fear. Being afraid of biometric collection through standard security surveillance is not a scary to anyone because we accept the premise of a security cameraā¦ but thereās nothing to point at when talking about processing biometric data from those feeds. Nobody is scared of that. Likewise, nobody seems scared of using their literal hand to pay because itās their handā¦ whatās to fear about that? ā¦ but talk about putting some object inside the hand and suddenly itās a government plot to mind control the masses and bring about the antichrist.
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I found this article on Facebook and everyone in the comments hated the idea. Plenty of people talking about the stupid āmark of the beastā thing. Which makes me laugh because there is no mark. Itās just your hand 
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FYI
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