Remember that scene from Minority Report where the protagonist needs an eyeball replacement?
Apple pay is about as biometric-y as I'm willing to go for payments.
Mastercard Launches Its Biometric Retail Payment System in Europe
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#12i thought this was pretty cool. am i alone? lol
how hard is it to steal your eye scan?
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#13Don't worry, I'm sure they'll give you a free three month subscription to a new pair of eyes every time they leak your iris scans.
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#14I don't really see how this is a drastically better experience than tap to pay, NFC, Apple Pay, etc. It would feel odd to provide eye scans to everyday retailers, and then at some point, you have to worry about your eye scan being stolen, and you can't (easily) get a new eye afterwards, but you can replace all the payment methods that aren't your eyes.
It's probably better for MasterCard somehow, not the consumer.
Perhaps selling this collected data to third parties? I'd imagine optometrists would want it to push mail in fliers.
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#15Don't worry, I'm sure they'll give you a free three month subscription to a new pair of eyes every time they leak your iris scans.
Are they keeping the scans, or just a hash of the scan?
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#16If I won’t give Amazon my palm print to pay at Whole Foods, why the f would I give Mastercard a pair of retinal scans? Seems like MC executives grew up on “Minority Report” and thought, damn this is a good idea!
People willingly do this for the minor convenience of saving 30 minutes in TSA lines. And I imagine the MC executives picture themselves as part of the cosseted ruling class depicted in 'Minority Report'.
With TSA precheck, you are just giving the one government agency permission to have data another government agency already has. I wouldn't willing give MasterCard any information about me.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
People willingly do this for the minor convenience of saving 30 minutes in TSA lines. And I imagine the MC executives picture themselves as part of the cosseted ruling class depicted in 'Minority Report'.
With TSA precheck, you are just giving the one government agency permission to have data another government agency already has. I wouldn't willing give MasterCard any information about me.
They aren’t referring to TSA precheck, they are referring to Clear PLUS.
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#18I've found that face/retina scans are usually bad UX, especially if you need to use a viewfinder or a statically positioned device. Apple's Face ID works well because it's on a mobile device and you don't have to align your face in a box.
I don't see how this is any more convenient than using a mobile wallet. In fact, it looks less convenient than using the actual card - even if you forget the card you can usually just key in the number at the terminal.
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#19No thanks. biometry mean a password you can't change, others can get, and you might be unable to use for instance in case of injuries...
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#20Ug. No thank you. Just like Amazon’s palm scanning thing I have NO interest in this.
I trust my phone enough. My phone can authenticate me and you can authenticate it. We have that today, works great.
I don’t need “stare at the picture of the monkey over the camera and press the button to pay” or whatever other nonsense retails will do to this.
I’m not anti-biometrics. I’m ok with it on my devices I’ve made that decision on.
But retailers everywhere? No. I know the devices will need to be certified just like EMV terminals, so it’s not like the Amazon things. But that’s still to far.