Amazon is adding a feature to its palm-based payment system, Amazon One, that will allow users to purchase alcohol by scanning their hand. In order to make purchases, users have to upload a government-issued ID on the Amazon One site, which is then verified by a third-party provider. - The Coors Field baseball stadium in Denver, Colorado, will be the first venue to offer alcohol purchases through the touchless payment device, with more locations planned for the future.
- Bartenders will be able to verify a user's age through a "21+" message on the device and visual matching the user with their uploaded photo.
- Amazon One, first introduced in 2020, has since been rolled out at some Whole Foods locations, Amazon Fresh supermarkets, Go convenience stores, and third party-locations, including sports venues and some Panera locations.
- To address privacy concerns, Amazon said it does not store users' government-issued IDs and secures palm recognition data through multi-layered security controls, including storing data off-device in a separate cloud storage environment.
- However, U.S. lawmakers have compared Amazon One to Apple Face ID and Samsung Pass, noting that Amazon stores biometric data in the cloud while the others store it on the device, which poses "unique security risks," they said.
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