No, I'm Not High Fiving You

This isn't brand-new -- they've been using it at select locations since last Fall -- but Amazon is now expanding its pay-by-palm technology to some Whole Foods Markets near its Seattle headquarters, and if it seems creepy to you to scan your palm and connect it to your bank account so you can wave and pay, well, it is. But you use Face ID and Touch ID on your phones, right? Maybe you have Clear retinal scans so you can skip the line at airport security? So the horse left the barn a while ago. You okay with that? Will you sign up for palm scanning? (Seattle Times)

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