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posted by CoolHand on Wednesday October 05 2016, @10:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-privacy-concerns-here dept.

MasterCard's "selfie pay" will be coming to Europe next year after trials in the US, Canada and the Netherlands.

The financial services firm is rolling out biometric technologies that will allow European consumers to authenticate their identity without a password, but with a selfie, in order to provide customers with a more convenient method to sign in and a faster checkout process. Security firms view the development as another sign of the mainstream availability of biometric authentication, comparing it to the introduction of TouchID fingerprint authentication technology in the iPhone.

Javvad Malik, security advocate at enterprise security tools firm AlienVault, said that "selfie pay" is seemingly an attempt to bridge the gap between a fully authenticated method, such as chip and PIN – and unauthenticated payments methods such as contactless.


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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday October 06 2016, @01:02AM

    by bob_super (1357) on Thursday October 06 2016, @01:02AM (#410896)

    This completely fools me because my usual $5 wrench technique leaves people only able to blink with the remaining eye...

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Bogsnoticus on Thursday October 06 2016, @02:58AM

    by Bogsnoticus (3982) on Thursday October 06 2016, @02:58AM (#410935)

    Thats why you go to the backup plan of introducing their fingernails to a pair of pliers.
    Or knuckles to a ball-peen hammer.
    Or testicles to a couple of bricks.

    No, I'm not a member of any 4 letter security service. Just someone who has worked out ways to stop users fucking with my printers.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @04:49AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @04:49AM (#410967)

      Yeah. You sound experienced.
      Which 3 letter agency do you work for?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @06:21AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @06:21AM (#410988)

        Sounds to me like he works for FUN.

        • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday October 06 2016, @07:28AM

          by maxwell demon (1608) on Thursday October 06 2016, @07:28AM (#411005) Journal

          Sounds to me like he works for FUN.

          Fucking Unshowered Nerds?

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      • (Score: 2) by Bogsnoticus on Thursday October 06 2016, @06:41AM

        by Bogsnoticus (3982) on Thursday October 06 2016, @06:41AM (#410993)

        I'm not employed by any 3, or 4 letter agency to do any of these things.
        I volunteer.

        Damn, now I've said too much. Kindly put on this canvas jacket, yes the one that allows you to hug yourself, while I set up the DVR to endlessly stream all things Kardashian for your viewing pleasure.

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        • (Score: 2) by DECbot on Thursday October 06 2016, @01:44PM

          by DECbot (832) on Thursday October 06 2016, @01:44PM (#411083) Journal

          My Austrian and German colleagues call it the no smoking jacket.

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by driverless on Thursday October 06 2016, @08:16AM

      by driverless (4770) on Thursday October 06 2016, @08:16AM (#411014)

      Thats why you go to the backup plan of introducing their fingernails to a pair of pliers.

      Or a coupla hard pipe-hittin' niggas and a blowtorch, and let them get medieval on his ass.