Amazon Discontinues Its Biometric Palm-Reading Payment Terminal Due To Lack Of Use

A small win, for now.

The following report is by Business Insider:

Amazon will be discontinuing Amazon One, its palm-authentication service, across all retail businesses.

Users will be able to continue to use Amazon One at supported retail locations until June 3, the company announced on Wednesday. Some locations may phase the services out before this date.

The services will remain available to patients for check-in at healthcare locations until further notice.

Amazon One enables users to use their palms for actions such as paying at a store, presenting loyalty cards, and entering sports venues.

“In response to limited customer adoption, we’re discontinuing Amazon One, our authentication service for facility access and payment,” said an Amazon spokesperson.

“All customer data associated with Amazon One will be securely deleted after the service ends,” they added.

The service was first tested in 2020 at two Amazon Go stores in Seattle. The technology was later rolled out to other locations, including all of its Whole Foods stores.

The news of its discontinuation comes as Amazon announces it is closing all of its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores, where the technology was used.

The tech and retail giant said on Tuesday it plans to close its Amazon Fresh stores “to prioritize investment in growth areas.” It is also closing about 15 Amazon Go convenience stores.

Separately, on Wednesday, Amazon said it is laying off about 16,000 corporate roles as part of a broader move to cut bureaucracy.

“As I shared in October, we’ve been working to strengthen our organization by reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy,” Amazon’s senior vice president of people experience and technology, Beth Galetti, wrote in a memo that was shared on Amazon’s blog.

“While many teams finalized their organizational changes in October, other teams did not complete that work until now,” she added.

---

AUTHOR COMMENTARY

In an age of biometrics and digital currencies, and the continued push to lay the next bricks in the road for the eventual mark of the beast, I call this a win, though it may be small in the grand scheme of it all.

Revelation 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: [17] And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. [18] Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Wherever possible, strive to pay in cash only, and avoid self-checkouts (especially if they are cashless). Avoid anything biometric, cashless, walk-thru scanners and so forth.

---

[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).

The WinePress needs your support! If God has laid it on your heart to want to contribute, please prayerfully consider donating to this ministry. If you cannot gift a monetary donation, then please donate your fervent prayers to keep this ministry going! Thank you and may God bless you.