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RIP FaceID, Hello Palm Recognition: How Veins In Your Palm Are The Next Biometric Boom - Yanko Design (www.yankodesign.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I remember hearing about palm veins a decade ago, what makes this boom different?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I was curious, so I had to look it up. Turns out, Aristotle found and already written treatise on the idea of palm reading... I know it's not exactly palm "finger" printing, but even our ancestors knew palms were unique.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmistry