View Poll Results: Good idea or bad idea?

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  • 2 Post By UK/HKboy
  • 1 Post By nss
  • 1 Post By biffski

Bank of China ATMs, now with Fingerprint Reader

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  1. #1

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    Bank of China ATMs, now with Fingerprint Reader

    Bank of China to install finger biometric at ATMs - RTHK

  2. #2

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    No more getting drunk and passing out on the street with a BOC card in my wallet!

    MandM! and angeluscomplex like this.

  3. #3

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    Steal your wallet and your thumb (seen it on TV).
    So if you are to drunk to tell someone your password it will not matter.


  4. #4

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    It's not a finger-PRINT reader but a finger-VEIN reader.
    It doesn't read your thumb print but detects the blood vessel patterns beneath your skin. These vein patterns, like fingerprints, are unique to you.

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  5. #5

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    How to answer poll?

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  6. #6

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    Quote Originally Posted by nss:
    It's not a finger-PRINT reader but a finger-VEIN reader.
    It doesn't read your thumb print but detects the blood vessel patterns beneath your skin. These vein patterns, like fingerprints, are unique to you.
    Does it make any difference? Apart from they can't cut off your thumb cos then there would be no blood in your veins?

    It should still work if you are drunk, drugged or have your hand forced onto the ATM?

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    It is another mechanism for monetary control by the PBOC. The theft deterrent mechanism is secondary.

    shri likes this.