Amazon’s palm-scanning payment system that allows scary-fast payment at stores by simply hovering one’s hand over the scanner is now being repackaged to go beyond grocery stores. According to a CNBC report, the company is rolling out a tweaked version of this technology that is designed for the business world.
As per the report, Amazon One Enterprise has repackaged the company’s palm-authentication system to let corporate employees use their hands for entering office or accessing confidential or sensitive data.
HG Hotels and Resorts, turnstile manufacturer Boon Edam, and Kone, an escalator and elevator provider are some of the companies that have signed up for this biometric technology. While the pricing of this technology unknown, the service is already available in the US.
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“Businesses appreciate the privacy and convenience for their users, who can access physical locations and software assets with just a hover of their palm,” said Dilip Kumar, vice president at Amazon Web Services Applications in a press statement.
Amazon describes Amazon One Enterprise as “a fully managed service that provides highly accurate and secure enterprise access control through an easy-to-use biometric identification device.” It claims that the service enables organisations to provide a fast, convenient, and contactless experience for employees and other authorised users to gain access to buildings and secure areas, physical equipment, and software resources.
The service was introduced in 2020 by Amazon mainly for grocery stores across the US. While Amazon claims that its palm-authorisation technique is more secure than other biometric systems, privacy advocates have criticised the technology over privacy and security grounds.
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