Posted on 03/14/2005 7:45:48 PM PST by mastercylinder
BERLIN (Reuters) - Customers of a German supermarket chain will soon be able to pay for their shopping by placing their finger on a scanner at the check-out, saving the time spent scrabbling for coins or cards.
An Edeka store in the southwest German town of Ruelzheim has piloted the technology since November and now the company plans to equip its stores across the region.
"All customers need do is register once with their identity card and bank details, then they can shop straight away," said store manager Roland Fitterer.
The scanner compares the shopper's fingerprint with those stored in its database along with account details.
Edeka bosses said they were confident the system could not be abused.
Cool, steal a friend's print off a glass at the pub and go shopping on his account!
Now, just line up for your mark - on your forehead or right hand. It's ok - it's all for convenience. Won't hurt a bit.
I'm sure Hitler would have loved to have technology like this.
Ho ho. Hee hee. It is to laugh.
uh, isn't that mark associated with '666' ? yikes...
By "mark," you mean the fingerprints that God put on our fingers? Read the story before jerking your knee.
Is it fellow FReeper Lazamataz who occasionally writes, "If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it, if you're happy and you know it, rattle your chains!" on this forum?
The sad part is the number of customers who will form a queue for this fingerprint feature...plus the number of folks who will make a loud hubbub for the special implantable RFID upgrade option. People just don't get it...and they're clearly not students of history.
~ Blue Jays ~
Edeka bosses should read the following and think again:
Heindl, Robert: System und Praxis der Daktyloskopie und der sonstigen technischen Methoden der Kriminalpolizei, De Gruyter, Berlin 1922.
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