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Re:Amazon One – Palm recognition for Amazon Go by dustinmoris on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:29AM (#24627557)
The photo of your palms out doesn't include an image of your veins because it wasn't taken with an infrared camera.
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Re:Amazon One – Palm recognition for Amazon Go by nakagin on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @10:07AM (#24627968)
“ One reason was that palm recognition is considered more private than some biometric alternatives because you can’t determine a person’s identity by looking at an image of their palm.”

Wow. Never thought of that. But is it easy to reconstruct veins?

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