Rather than taking two seconds to scan your credit card, you can now scan your palm.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez attend the Robin Hood Benefit 2022 at Jacob Javits Center on May 09, 2022 in New York City.A multinational tech company is once again expanding the scope of its biometric data collection by adding a decidedly minuscule customer service improvement.
Amazon, which owns Whole Foods, is installing its Amazon One palm-scanning payment devices at 65 California locations, TechCrunchAfter calling around, SFGATE confirmed that at least seven Whole Foods locations among the 13 in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley are close to rolling out Amazon One, likely around the end of August. Four Whole Foods respondents said they either haven't heard anything about Amazon One or were told they won't be part of the expansion program for now.
Amazon One"simplifies everyday interactions" and is a"free, contactless service that lets you use your palm to pay, enter, or identify yourself,". Interested first-time users swipe their credit card, enter their phone number and hover their hand over the scanning device, which then allows Jeff Bezos's company to store an image of what they say is an encrypted"unique palm signature.
These palm-scanning devices aren't new, but their move to lots of grocery stores is a major shift in resources from their more limited applications in recent years. The devices are already present at some Amazon Go locations, including a few in the Bay Area. This reporter took a lunch break on Wednesday to check out one of the devices; a security guard noted that people frequently use Amazon Go, especially when they're in a rush or don't have their wallets on them.
A Whole Foods Market sign is seen in this 2017 file photo. Palm scanners are coming to some Bay Area Whole Foods locations.
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