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(snip)"PayPal tests mobile payments using your face for verification
A new trial in the U.K. lets people pay for items using the PayPal app, a mobile phone, and a photo to prove their identity. ***
Using the PayPal app for iOS, Android, or Windows Phone, shoppers can see nearby participating merchants highlighted on their mobile phones. They can then "check into" a certain store by clicking on its name and pay for an item by sliding an animated pin down the screen. The person's name and photo then pops up on the store's payment system. After the customer agrees to pay for the item, the cashier clicks on the person's photo to send the payment through.
The customer receives an alert via phone with the amount paid along with PayPal's usual receipt."(snip)
On the 'good' side, this should cut down on fraud.
On the 'bad' side, this will allow PayPal to start building a huge database of faces ... which could in turn be used for 'unrelated' purposes in the future.



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