I can only see this going into a very dystopian path. Based on their actions, I donât trust these companies, their security practices, nor their privacy policies. Why would I give them my biometrics? And my full palm, at that!? Hell no!
Shit no! You know what you canât change if/when they inevitably leak your data? Your fucking hand.
Forget about privacy, this is just fucking dumb
One point of failure that canât be replaced if stolen?
This wonât ever take off, and will most definitely die out quickly in favor of literally any other technique including just embedding an nfc chip and battery to your palm surgically. Which I probably still wouldnât be thrilled about but
Iâve see where you can pay with your fingerprint at some venders. Itâs a similar concept, in terms of single point of failure. Regardless, I hope youâre right.
E: **mostly right. I wonât embed anything in my skin for payments. CC or cash or phone NFC (and I donât like that one for itâs security implications). Thatâs it.
bro, come back to me when most stores accept touch emv payments. lol, like each fucking store is gonna know what to do with a fucking palm scan when emv is fucking forbidden magic.
Haha! Good point. Itâs been âmandatedâ a couple years ago, right? Itâs barely anywhere
Interesting regional differences. Itâs incredibly rare that I find a store that doesnât support tap-to-pay
I didnât know paying in body parts was legal.
One scar away from losing access to your ability to pay âŚ
Biometrics can not really be changed. Except maybe through time or trauma (i.e. age or injury). They can be used to uniquely(?) identify a person - except maybe twins - at the expense of anonymity, which has itâs own set of problems.
But because they can not easily be changed theyâre a terrible security feature. Once they leak, theyâre unusable and youâre hosed. You canât issue a new palm print for your bank account like you could a new chip card and password.
Also, just because you waved your hand over a scanner does not mean that you approve and consent of the transaction. With tap to pay there were ideas of mobile point of sales devices just tapping on peoples backpacks in a crowded area. You donât even keep your biometrics markers in your pocket, theyâre just out in the open for anyone with a camera. This may be bordering on paranoia, but a few years back (2014) German hackers from Chaos Computer Club took iris scans from Angela Merkel (then Chancellor of Germany) and finger prints of Ursula von der Leyen (then Minister of defense) using nothing but press fotos. Cameras have only gotten better.
TL;DR: Biometrics can be used for identification but should never be used for authorisation.
