Will It Be Cash, Check or Finger?

WorldNetDaily/Wired News ^ | Oct. 1, 2001 | Julia Scheeres

[Rockyrich]

Will It Be Cash, Check or Finger? By Julia Scheeres

2:00 a.m. Oct. 1, 2001 PDT Fingerprints, long stigmatized by their association with crime scenes and police stations, may get an image boost when people start using them to pay for everything from Big Macs to groceries.

That's the philosophy behind Indivos, an Oakland, California, firm that has invented software that uses fingerprint scanners to process electronic payments.

"We're putting this in front of the mainstream consumer," said Indivos spokesman Frank Pierce. "You won't need cash or cards to pay for anything. All you need is your finger and you never leave home without it."

[Rockyrich]

A side comment states, "Will it be cash, check, or finger." I wrote and told them it would be the finger, alright. And that it would be a cold day in you know where before I shopped at any store that adopted this intrusion of our privacy. You can count on the bar code/biochip on the head or hand next.

[Skibane]

Once this technology becomes commonplace, who needs a national ID card?

[Rocky]

Did this really stop after two posts? Is it 1984 or Armageddon coming up next? Bump.