Amazon One creates a unique palm signature for each customer, letting you pay with just the palm of your hand. Amazone One will currently only be available in two Amazon Go stores.
I love this idea and it takes contactless payments to another level. No need to worry if your forget your wallet, phone, or watch at home cause now you can pay with your hand!
Can also see other use cases with this technology. Registering quick "ID" cards with your hand, so in case of emergency, your info can be pulled or when you shake hands with someone, their business card/LinkedIn profile gets automatically sent to an app. Excited to see where this tech goes.
@jessehojjensen I leave my phone behind quite a bit, especially when I go on runs, work out, etc. I like to disconnect and don't tend to need much other than my keys when I do those things!
@gabe__perez Well I support tech detox, but millennials are not going to forget it, especially now in this pandemic when they use it for communicating and video chats.
Personally, I just turn on focus mode and it doesn't bother me.
I just don't see this as a mainstream form of payment due to privacy issues. Plus if anyone can use it, how will they know if you are a prime member? I always get the QR code scan at Whole Foods. Using a phone or watch is already contactless and you don't need to insert a credit card in the terminal. The fewer things I have to do at the checkout, the better I feel.
"The first step is to insert your credit card."-From article
They just made an option for skimmers just by adding that feature, if anybody was to tamper with it.
This actually seems like an _extra_ step for Amazon Go shopping. My previous visits to Amazon Go stores required me to scan to get in...and that was it. Take what you want and walk right out.
Is that method no longer viable/working as expected or is there a specific reason I would need to have my palm read to purchase items?
@just2jays Not sure on the "walk right out" experience if it's still there but regarding the palm scan, I would imagine that they are trying to test new technologies that might be easier (and quicker) to implement in other retailers and businesses. In the blog, they cited stadiums and clocking into work as a future potential use case.
Would be curious to know if they did remove the "walk right out" experience in order to test this function though.
Do the people who make these things EVER ask themselves if this is really a good idea? Amazon does not need my or anybody else's palm print to sell me stuff.
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