Are You Doing Palm Reading?????????

Sham Reddy CRS - I shiver just to think about it! 

Michael Jacobs - She lived in Flower Mound when the main street was a gravel road. I enjoyed listening to her knowledge about the history of my Town, long before I moved here. Plus, the astronauts were coming down from space and we watched them land.  

Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400 - computer technology is ever changing. I've just not heard anything like swiping the palm to pay for merchandise. We are living through history making!

Nina Hollander, Broker - interesting! I never had an Amazon account, and I have no desire to get one. I can't imagine how distressing it was for you to experience fraud with your Amazon account. That must have been very upsetting. 

I'm the same, no problem with using my credit card. I just don't want palm swiping to become mandatory. 

Kat Palmiotti - exactly! I will never forget the Texas February Freeze when the power went out and I had no power because my house is electric. A week without power with temperatures freezing because it impacted the grid was a nightmare! Or what about the recent power outages in places like Ashville and other parts of North Carolina during the hurricanes, or the fires in California. To be suck in a cashless society without alternatives in inclement weather would be horrible and you could be in a life and death situation. I shudder to think about it coming to fruition.

I remember how hard it was for my mother when she became elderly. During her whole life all she used was cash and when the Currency Exchange required payments by bank checks, she was lost. She did not have a checking account, and because she grew up during the Great Depression, she did not trust banks either. 

Also, just thinking about whose palm touched a screen before me and what that palm touched before me makes me sick to think about. As it is now, I hate having to use a finger to sign a digital screen.

Carol Williams - I feel the same way. It's too personal. I've been concerned about a cashless society for some time, and it just gets worse. 

I rarely download an app. And I despise facial recognition on cell phones too. 

George Souto - I think consumers who support the credit cards of their choice should have choices. 

I couldn't do it. But I understand others wouldn't mind for the same reason you mentioned. 

Anna "Banana" Kruchten - It pays to be aware of new technology and how it can or will change the way we live and/or do business. I still do have a check book and mail in some payments. What's most convenient for me is to pay by phone. After more contemplation, I can't but wonder if using the palm at the closing table would alleviate the potential for wire transfer fraud. And delaying the closing until after the money has cleared before the buyer gets the keys to the house???

It will be interesting. I just saw that Dorie Dillard Austin TX confirmed "Amazon One palm-paying technology at Whole Foods in Austin!" 

Charles Ross - eXp Realty (Salina Group) | Broker - technology continues to change with the speed of light! Thanks for your input. I agree, who knows where it will lead to. If it eliminated fraudster's that would be huge. Check out Dorie Dillard Austin TX comment to see how it works. 

Hannah Williams - I was skeptical at first when I heard about it. Thanks to Dorie Dillard Austin TX who confirmed it's active in Austin and she shared the video of how it works, it sounds like something that will lead to success and many followers who will have no problem getting on the Amazon band wagon!

Liz and Bill Spear 

Bill, thank goodness you have an engineer brain. I am thankful you are an Ambassador on ActiveRain. Okay... I am completely on board with you!!!

I've grown accustomed to getting those letters "Our database has been breached and you're entitled to free credit monitoring"!  The other day I got a notification from Facebook that someone had accessed my account, which led me to the activity history.  Amazing how many different country attempts to access my account were present, and that's just one small sample.

Liz and Bill Spear - I get the same notices. I got succored into that "free credit monitoring, which morphed into a monthly charge. Their reports are not even up-to-date. 

Who are you going to trust? NO ONE!

Andrea Bedard - I never signed up for an Amazon account and have no plans to start now. From watching the video that Dorie Dillard Austin TX provided (which was very educational), I'm guessing young people will think it's great, especially the ones with hands full of groceries, babies, and pets.

I don't have an Alexa either - how interesting and/or awful too!!! 

Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543 - when it comes to technology that is automated to withdraw money or has anything to do with my financial records, bank accounts, etc., it is a hard no.

Google Wallet never appealed to me. 

Jan Green - Scottsdale, AZ - Let me know what you find out and what you think. 

Will do! 

Pat Starnes-Front Gate Realty - you raise a good point. It's one thing to use your fingerprint to unlock your phone or a certain app, but a public scanner, it's another thing to worry about. More secure? I thought about that as I read what you wrote. In my areas, most stores have very few humans who work there and only a couple of Cashiers.

Can you imagine going into a store and as you're about to put your palm on the scanner, someone comes up behind you and puts their arms around you, as if they were with you, carrying a gun? The person with the big arms grabs merchandise and tosses it over you into the cart as you push the cart knowing there is a weapon on your backside. Then, you casually walk out the store, with the bad person and nobody reacts or thinks anything was wrong. 

OMG! I wish they would get public opinions before introducing some of this new AI technology! 

Steffy Hristova - It will be interesting to see how many WholeFood Stores or followers from other stores start implementing the Palm method. Like you, I will refrain 

Have a wonderful day!

Beth Atalay - I haven't experienced palm reader in any other local stores in my area. The world as we know it, is changing. I wouldn't "dare explore this option," for myself. As you say, if it happens, we'll have to know whether or not we have choices.

Have a nice day.