Passwords can be hacked. Number codes are even easier to hack. Fingerprint scanners can be bypassed. There’s no truly safe way to make online shopping completely free from risk, but Amazon is trying. After all, they’re the largest retailer in the online world, so it makes sense that they’ll ant to be at the head of the class when it comes to payment processing safety, and that just might mean duckfacing in public. Amazon has applied for a patent that allows users to pay with a selfie as identification.
Here’s why Amazon says their selfie payment system will be safe: “While many conventional approaches rely on password entry for user authentication, these passwords can be stolen or discovered by other persons who can impersonate the user for any variety of tasks. Further, the entry of these passwords on portable devices is not user friendly in many cases, as the small touchscreen or keyboard elements can be difficult to accurately select using a relatively large human finger, and can require the user to turn away from friends or co-workers when entering a password, which can be awkward or embarrassing in many situations.”
As if that wasn’t safe enough, Amazon has an extra layer of protection: a randomly generated verification process that keeps users safe by making them do some action, like tilting their head or winking their left eye. It also has a thermal imaging scanner, which makes it even harder to fake with a picture the kind of heat contour that comes off a real human face.
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