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Re: Amazon One palm authentication discontinued

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Post by Izikiel43 »

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #88
Izikiel43 wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used them in whole foods all the time

sincere, non-trolling question: Why? You clearly saw some value in the convenience. Smartphone and smartwatch NFC offers that convenience everywhere . Even setting up palm authentication feels like unnecessary work.

Convenience?

Set up once with the CC with rewards for groceries, hover hand 2 seconds, done.

Apple Pay in the phone or watch are super convenient as well, but they take just a tad bit more of time between selecting the menus in the touch screen for pay options, and then selecting the matching CC.

I save like 30s? Possibly. Is this tech overkill? Most likely.

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Post by [deleted] »

gear54rus wrote: post #89
kstrauser wrote: post #87

I was always surprised there wasn't an uproar about these. A substantial chunk of Americans, i.e. a huge portion of evangelicals, devoutly believe a few things: * The Bible book of "Revelations" is an accurate prediction of things that will happen exactly as described. * Revelations predicts that in "the end times", it will become impossible to buy or sell anything without "the mark of the beast" on their forehead or…

So did you ask any of them about this? These religious lunacy always seem like they are from some other planet to me haha.

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Re: Amazon One palm authentication discontinued

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Post by bokohut »

Yet again another failed attempt to move to biometric identification linked to a payment instrument thus allowing one not to need to carry that payment method on person.

This is not the worlds first biometric payments failure, as that belongs to PayByTouch, nor will it be the last. Having been deeply involved in the technology systems around the worlds first attempt at PayByTouch I do wonder why the "easy" is not embraced by more? I think I know however as it is likely religious in nature and the beliefs around such things. I can vividly recall being told to hide my employee badge while walking through the crowd of protesters holding signage about "Mark of the beast" and more in my attempts to enter the PayByTouch headquarters which used to reside at 1 Market in San Fran CA many years ago.

Wash, rinse, repeat : Everything old is new again. Just give it time as biometric payments will come around once again for absolute, third times a charm?

Re: Amazon One palm authentication discontinued

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Post by selkin »

zdragnar wrote: post #73
embedding-shape wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> We just got tap to pay a couple of years ago You mean NFC payments? :| Oh, and checks too? I guess things were very different than my assumption, interesting thing to have learned today. Thanks!

Paper checks aren't nearly so common for anything other than maybe a local tradesman or if you're renting from an individual. It's not uncommon to see high traffic places like gas stations refuse paper checks outright, or only accept them from local banks, as the onus is on the receiver if it doesn't clear. NFC payments have been around for a bit but are only recently very widespread, COVID really pushed that forward…

Walmart famously refuse to pay the extra couple of basis points that are charged by the various payment-rails-involved-entities when doing NFC payments instead of physical card.

Re: Amazon One palm authentication discontinued

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Post by tecleandor »

ColinWright wrote: post #15

Click on the link to read about this: 403 ERROR The request could not be satisfied. Request blocked. We can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app or website owner. If you provide content to customers through CloudFront, you can find steps to troubleshoot and help prevent this error by reviewing the Cl…

Same right now from Spain. I guess it could be a geoblock, although I expected something more from Amazon

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Post by kstrauser »

46493168 wrote: post #91
kstrauser wrote: post #87

I was always surprised there wasn't an uproar about these. A substantial chunk of Americans, i.e. a huge portion of evangelicals, devoutly believe a few things: * The Bible book of "Revelations" is an accurate prediction of things that will happen exactly as described. * Revelations predicts that in "the end times", it will become impossible to buy or sell anything without "the mark of the beast" on their forehead or…

The book you’re talking about is “Revelation” (singular) not “Revelations”

Ah, correct. I think I've heard it pronounced with the missing S more often without it.

Re: Amazon One palm authentication discontinued

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Post by kstrauser »

gear54rus wrote: post #89
kstrauser wrote: post #87

I was always surprised there wasn't an uproar about these. A substantial chunk of Americans, i.e. a huge portion of evangelicals, devoutly believe a few things: * The Bible book of "Revelations" is an accurate prediction of things that will happen exactly as described. * Revelations predicts that in "the end times", it will become impossible to buy or sell anything without "the mark of the beast" on their forehead or…

So did you ask any of them about this? These religious lunacy always seem like they are from some other planet to me haha.

No, that's not the kind of subject I'd typically bring up in conversation. That would imply that I wanted to hear the answer.

Re: Amazon One palm authentication discontinued

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Post by 15155 »

gear54rus wrote: post #89
kstrauser wrote: post #87

I was always surprised there wasn't an uproar about these. A substantial chunk of Americans, i.e. a huge portion of evangelicals, devoutly believe a few things: * The Bible book of "Revelations" is an accurate prediction of things that will happen exactly as described. * Revelations predicts that in "the end times", it will become impossible to buy or sell anything without "the mark of the beast" on their forehead or…

So did you ask any of them about this? These religious lunacy always seem like they are from some other planet to me haha.

They are a useful tool if you need to keep your civilization preoccupied and blissfully unaware of their current circumstances. Existential crises are expensive.

"Keep working! The next life - that's when it gets good!"

Re: Amazon One palm authentication discontinued

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Post by arjie »

kay_o wrote: post #98
arjie wrote: post #54

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I would love that, but it doesn't seem to happen for me if I use the credit card that I have linked to my Amazon Prime membership as the payment method. When I tap it doesn't recognize my Prime membership. Do you have the Amazon Prime credit card perhaps? The reason why I did the QR code and watch tap thing prior to the palm thing is that I didn't want to carry a single-use credit card. I'd love the functionality you…

Any card on your account should work, last 4 must match, I have never entered number or scan QR

Oh, then my watch should suffice. Okay, I shall try it next time with a Prime discounted product!

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Post by fragmede »

bombcar wrote: post #100
vostrocity wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like to go running with nothing on me besides a house key, and it's useful to be able to stop by Whole Foods after the run and buy a snack without a phone, watch, or wallet.

A powered door lock and keypad and you won't even need the house key!

A richer zip code and safer streets and you won't need either!
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