Techno-Hell: The Mark of the Beast Descends on Whole Foods
By Ben Bartee
“Give me convenience or give me death!” goes the Dead Kennedy’s satirical parody of the infamous Patrick Henry quote. American consumers may soon get both, good and hard.
Last month, Amazon announced plans to implement palm-scanning payment systems in all of its Whole Foods stores and other commercial outlets under its dominion by the end of the year.
The corporation calls its project “Amazon One.” Biblical prophecy calls it the “mark of the beast.” (There’s a justifiable reason, from my perspective, that I call my personal publication Armageddon Prose.)
Via TechCrunch:
Amazon’s palm-scanning payment technology known as Amazon One is prepared to make a significant expansion across the U.S. The retailer announced this morning the payment tech will come to all 500+ Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market stores nationwide by year-end. The biometric payment system works by having the customer hover their palm above a reader device. The device then identifies the individual’s unique palm signature which is then associated with the customer’s payment card on file in order to charge them for their purchases.
Since the technology’s launch in 2020, Amazon One’s service has been established at more than 400 locations across the U.S., the retailer notes, and has reached a milestone of over 3 million uses. These locations have included Amazon’s own retail stores, including its Amazon Go convenience stores, as well as various sports stadiums, entertainment venues and travel retailers like Hudson, CREWS and OHM at several U.S. airports, in addition to Panera Bread through a partnership announced in March 2023.
Now it’s making good on that pledge.
The public has no idea whats coming
Things will escalate very quickly now pic.twitter.com/YIpGNQIjnC
— illuminatibot (@iluminatibot) August 6, 2023