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Re:Amazon is bringing palm-scanning payment system to Whole ... by NovemberWhiskey on Thursday April 22, 2021 @02:57PM (#26906685)
If people are willing to go to these extents then the biometrics aspect is just a red herring.

They kidnap your spouse/child/parent and threaten to murder them unless you go through with the transaction. They hold a gun to your head while you transfer the contents of your bitcoin wallet to them. They beat you with a rubber hose until you give them your safe combination.

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Re:Amazon is bringing palm-scanning payment system to Whole ... by olyjohn on Thursday April 22, 2021 @06:24PM (#26908889)
Maybe you're right. This may make people safer, because they no longer need to threaten your life to get your PIN. They just knock you out and cut off your hand. At least you are still alive that way.
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