The future is now

A West Coast technology company now has a system that allows users to replace their debit cards with a fingerprint scan...

"People either love it or think it's a sign of the coming apocalypse,'' said Amer Hawatmeh, owner of the new convenience store at 110 E Bearss Ave. who signed up a few hundred customers for Pay By Touch. "But to me, it's the wave of the future.''

I can see the convenience of going card-free, but it feels like the beginning of the end of both anonymity and personal integrity. How far off can ubiquitous retinal scans (ahem) be?

(via boing boing)