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>They can then produce that bloody item at the POS terminal given the general attitudes towards privacy and biometric data here on HN, i honestly can't tell if
by notatoad 6y ago
>They can then produce that bloody item at the POS terminal
given the general attitudes towards privacy and biometric data here on HN, i honestly can't tell if people trying to pay for groceries with bloody severed limbs is a concern you legitimately have or if this is satire.
- DannyB2 6y agoShirley being responsible for payment wouldn't be the first serious crime that one would have been the victim of if their hand were severed.
- cheschire 6y agoWell maybe it's intended to be tongue-in-cheek, like "prepare for the zombie apocalypse, and you prepare for all catastrophic events."
- evanextreme 6y agoThe cutting off a hand thing might be satire, but the threat of biometric data being replicated and used if its the only measure of authentication isn't. If we have the ability to read and scan palm prints, than the technology to replicate those prints into maybe a faux glove and trick this system isnt that far off i'd assume, right? Comparing this system to, for instance a chip card reader, the palm print is significantly less secure because it uses a single factor (something you are) versus a chip which requires the customer to both have the card with the chip present for payment, and to know the PIN in order to authenticate. Or your phone for example, if someone steals your fingerprint (or even models your face), they still need to have your physical phone to unlock it. With this palm scanning tech, all you need is the palm and you can pay for anything anywhere because there's no secondary confirmation