Amazon One's Palm-Scanning Tech Enables Contactless Age Verification for Alcohol Purchases.

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Amazon One, the palm-scanning technology used for payments, can now verify age for purchasing age-restricted goods like alcoholic beverages. The technology uses cameras to match multiple aspects of the palm to the photos provided by the user. Amazon One is expanding to Coors Field baseball stadium in Colorado before expanding to additional establishments. However, signing up for age verification requires personal information, including images of the palm, government-issued ID, payment information, and a selfie, which could pose privacy and security risks.
- Amazon's palm-scanning technology can let you buy a drink without getting out your ID The Verge
- Amazon lets users buy alcohol with its palm-scanning payment system CNBC
- You can now identify yourself with your palm at Coors Field FOX 31 Denver
- Amazon’s palm-scanning payment tech will now be able to verify ages, too TechCrunch
- Amazon One launches age verification for beer, alcohol purchases About Amazon
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