w1ld wrote:
] ] "Suppose you endured the checkout line at the grocery
] ] store only to find that you were short on cash, or you'd
] ] forgotten your wallet. What if you could settle the bill
] ] with just the touch of your finger?
] ]
] ] Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR - news), the largest U.S. supermarket
] ] chain, is offering some customers just that opportunity,
] ] testing finger imaging as a method of payment in three of
] ] its Texas stores."
]
] It's bad enough that Kroger knows my address and all the food
] I buy, but now they want our fingerprint. I think not.

Kroger is not the first store to try this. Back in May, I logged a story about Thiftway, a Seattle area grocery store that had adopted a similar pay-by-print system. Most customers seemed to be willing participants.

I've linked here to my earlier blog entry.

My favorite customer comment on the system: "I support new technology."

My second-favorite: "I figure they must have perfected it or they wouldn't be doing it."

What are yours?

RE: Kroger Lets Shoppers Pay Via Fingerprint