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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Alan Martin

Amazon wants you to prove your age with your palmprint

Baby-faced adults of the world, rejoice! Amazon now has a way for you to prove that you’re old enough to buy that beer without having to dig through your wallet or purse for a driver’s licence, while you unconvincingly insist you consider the imposition a compliment.

Amazon One — the biometric payment system where you pay for goods and services with a flash of the unique ridges and lines of your palm print — has been upgraded to include age verification, the company has announced.

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