Whole Foods Wants Your Handprints. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Grocery shoppers in select stores can now scan their palms at checkout.
Jeff Bezos is one step closer to transforming your mortal bag of bones into a lean, mean, money-dispensing machine. The body part in question: Your hands. Amazon is rolling out its palm-scanning technology at more than 65 Whole Foods grocery stores in California over the coming weeks. The biometric tech, called Amazon One, was patented in 2019, and this is the company’s biggest launch yet. It’s pretty much as dystopian as it sounds.
Customers can activate their palms by registering a handprint via an Amazon One kiosk or at checkout in participating stores. Along with a skin scan, you’ll need to offer a bank card, provide your phone number, and say “yes Jeff” to Amazon’s terms and conditions. Once set up, you can lug all the organic kale and age-defying collagen powder you like to checkout. You’ll hover a palm over the scanning device to pay—just as you would place a hand on the bible—then you’re good to go.
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Source: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/whole-foods-amazon-handprint-scan
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