Forget swiping your card - thanks to a banner year for biometric payments, with JPMorgan and Mastercard joining the fray, paying with your face could soon be your new reality.

  • TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Paying with credentials that can’t easily be spoofed means a meteoric amount of money saved for payment processors from fraud due to insecure payment methods

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      6 months ago

      Facial recognition is somewhat unreliable. I remember when Samsung had to update their phones because photos of people were able to unlock their devices, and even people who just “looked similar” were able to access them.

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        6 months ago

        Depending on the implementation it can be unreliable. More modern methods use 3D scans which can’t be fooled by a photo.

    • darkkite@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      combine card with 2fa on mobile or confirm via sms would solve most problems