Amazon also describes the annoyance of typing in passwords on mobile devices that have small touch keyboards (AutoCorrect is a feature on your smartphone for a reason).
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It is also noted in the patent that the technology can work with other electronic devices, such as those personal digital assistants.
Amazon has not said when (if ever) it is likely to introduce the new payment solution.
Amazon’s selfie-pay may sound like a silly, futuristic invention, but a closer look at the tech industry suggests innovations in mobile payment are all the rage these days.
For as long as passwords have existed there have been people trying to break them. It’s the go to place for when you need something.
A transaction is authorized using an authentication process that prompts the user to perform an action in view of a camera or sensor. To do the e-commerce giant relies on facial recognition. One proposed idea was to use thermal imaging.
“When using such an approach, however, another person having access to that device can impersonate the user for any task associated with the store password”.
“Facial recognition lets companies identify you by name, from far away, and in secret”, Bedoya wrote in Slate past year after his frustrations with negotiations with industry over facial-recognition technology “There’s little you can do to stop it. Last month, IN gained 4,700 leisure and hospitality jobs, 1,500 IN financial activities and 1,200 IN construction, according to the State Department of Workforce Development. It is also the same company that operates Alipay.
Just like in Apple pay you use your fingerprint to authenticate payments, similarly in the case of Amazon, the person does all the authentication in the blink of an eye or by the nod of the head. By adding a third factor, the process of authentication becomes simpler and safer.
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Anyone can guess what your favorite basketball team is or what street you grew up on or any other combination of numbers and letters you can think up for a password. The second selfie, meanwhile, will make sure someone isn’t just holding up an inanimate photo of the user.
