Amazon is set to expand its biometric palm-scanning payment system, Amazon One, to all 500+ Whole Foods stores by the end of this year. With over 3 million users currently, Amazon One allows individuals to connect their Amazon accounts and payment cards to their palm prints. Once a palm print is stored in Amazon's system, users can hover their hand over the scanner, and the system automatically deducts the payment from their linked Amazon account. - Initially introduced in Amazon's Go stores in 2020, the palm scanner technology was later extended to over 200 Whole Foods locations, as well as various restaurants like Panera and travel retailers such as Hudson, CREWS, and OHM.
- In May, Amazon introduced an identification feature that enables users to purchase alcohol by scanning their hands.
- As Amazon stores users' biometric data in the cloud rather than on the device itself, there have been discussions about the potential privacy and security risks involved.
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