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JPMorgan requires staff to hand over biometric data to access new headquarters New York bank is imposing eye and fingerprint scans amid heightened security concerns at corporate offices
JPMorgan Chase has told staff moving into the US bank's new multibillion-dollar Manhattan headquarters they must share their biometric data to access the building, overriding a prior plan for voluntary enrolment.
Employees who have started work at its 270 Park Avenue skyscraper since August have received emails saying biometric access is "required", according to a communication seen by the Financial Times. This allows people to scan their fingerprints or eye instead of ID badges to get through the lobby security gates.
[...] Dave Komendat, chief security officer at Corporate Security Advisors, said biometrics had been used for decades at higher-security areas, such as government installations and data centres, but putting them in commercial buildings for large numbers of people would be used at a new and larger scale.
https://www.ft.com/content/d5351d3d-d64f-4a90-a3da-d1ef8e8bea66
https://archive.ph/YCV85
[Ed. question: Would this be a deal breaker for any of you for joining or continuing to work at the company?]
(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 20, @10:27AM (4 children)
Koalas are never surprised. They are so stoned on eucalyptus oil that everything is like "yeah man, that's cool, I'm gonna go chew some leaves".
(Score: 4, Funny) by turgid on Monday October 20, @10:45AM (3 children)
Interesting. I have a tree in the garden. Maybe I'll try a leaf or two.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 4, Informative) by HiThere on Monday October 20, @01:07PM (2 children)
I believe Eucalyptus leaves are rather high in cyanide. There are reasons why just about only koalas eat them.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Monday October 20, @01:16PM (1 child)
What about Fisherman's Friends [fishermansfriend.com]?
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 3, Insightful) by HiThere on Monday October 20, @09:55PM
Just because you can extract a safe version of eucalyptus oil from the leaves (or bark? wood?) doesn't mean that the thing as a whole was safe to eat.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.