Paying by Fingerprint at the Supermarket

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.

Source: yahoo news

 

I doubt this statement very much... It just takes a disgruntled employee to walk out of the office with all the prints... What happened to privacy and security of our information?

 

Well it sounds like a voluntary program, so people would chose to sign up. I would question the security of it as well. The concept is pretty cool though.