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Enrolling in the Amazon One Palm System via Smartphone

I think I’ve already mentioned that the Amazon Fresh in Upland, California is holding its grand opening in about an hour.

So I figured I should pre-investigate what was necessary to enroll in the Amazon One palm vein system once I arrived at the store.

My first discovery was that Amazon One has its own app, separate from the Amazon app. I don’t know how many apps Amazon has, but if Amazon and Meta ever merge (Amameta?), I will need a separate phone just for its apps.

So I downloaded Amazon One, linked it to my Amazon account, and waited for the instructions on how to enroll my palm at an Amazon location…

…only to find that Amazon One wanted to take pictures of both my palms, right there on my smartphone. Just like any contactless fingerprint app.

Enrolled in Amazon One.

So I am now enrolled, and I have confirmed that my local Amazon Fresh accepts Amazon Go.

Um…that is not East Foothill.

However, as even non-locals will realize, this is NOT 235 East Foothill, but WEST Foothill. So much for geolocation. (And the location of the Madonna of the Trail statue is wrong also, but I digress.)

Now let’s see if it all works.

Amazon in Upland: Is a Bear a Non-Person Entity?

So the day approaches, and the Upland Amazon Fresh will hold its grand opening on Thursday, May 1.

Amazon Fresh, Upland, California.

Wonder if the bear will show up.

Image from https://abc7.com/amazon-driver-bear-delivery-in-upland-caught-on-video/11503470/

What? You forgot about the bear?

“Yes, that’s an Amazon driver in the foreground, raising his hands to try to scare a bear away so he can make his delivery. He was successful. 

“The full Storyful video can be found here. (And of course it’s a Ring video. You didn’t expect a Nest video, did you?)”

I wonder if the bear’s paw will work with the palm vein reader.

Imagen 3. What’s the Amazon One error rate for THIS demographic group?

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And one more thing…

After I wrote the main body of this post, I realized that I accidentally wrote the Bredemarket trifecta, covering all three of my concentrations:

  • Identity (Amazon)
  • Technology (Amazon)
  • Inland Empire (Amazon)

If you’re concerned about Amazon taking over everything, don’t fear. It will eventually fail.

But until it does, I’m gonna make some money!

#fakefakefake

Revisiting Amazon One

Because my local Amazon Fresh post is taking off, it’s a good time to revisit the “one” thing Uplanders will encounter when they get there.

I’ve talked about Amazon One palm/vein biometrics several times in the past.

Meanwhile, Amazon One is available at over 400 U.S. locations, with more on the way.

And it’s also available (or soon will be) on TP-Link door locks. But the How-To Geek writer is confused:

“TP-Link says that these palm vein patterns are so unique that they can even tell the difference between identical twins, making them safer than regular fingerprint or facial recognition methods.”

Um…fingerprints? Must be a Columbia University grad.

And the TP-Link page for the product has no sales restrictions. Even Illinois residents can buy it. Presumably there’s an ironclad consent agreement with every enrollment to prevent BIPA lawsuits.

(Picture from Imagen 3)

Amazon One and Palm/Vein Identity Scanning in Healthcare: Does It Work?

If you create your own test data, you’re more likely to pass the test. So what data was used for Amazon One palm/vein identity scanning accuracy testing?

(Part of the biometric product marketing expert series)

(Image from Imagen 3)

I’ve previously discussed Amazon’s biometric palm/vein identity scanning efforts. But according to Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., J.D. in Forbes, Amazon is entering a new market, healthcare.

“Amazon announced that it is partnering with NYU Langone to launch Amazon One, a contactless palm screening technology, throughout the health system.”

Which makes sense, as long as the medical professional isn’t wearing gloves. I don’t know if Amazon One can read veins through medical gloves.

As I reflected upon this further, I realized something:

  • NIST has tested fingerprint verification and identification.
  • NIST has tested facial recognition. (Not that Amazon participated.)
  • NIST has tested iris recognition.

But NIST has never conducted regular testing of palm identification in general, or palm/vein identity scanning in particular. Not for Amazon. Not for Fujitsu. Not for Imprivata. Not for Ingenico. Not for Pearson. Not for anybody.

So how do we know that Amazon One works?

Because Amazon said so.

“Amazon One is 100 times more accurate than scanning two irises. It raises the bar for biometric identification by combining palm and vein imagery, and after millions of interactions among hundreds of thousands of enrolled identities, we have not had a single false positive.”

Claims may dazzle some people, but (as of 2023) Jim Nash was not among them:

“The company claims it is 99.999 percent accurate but does not offer information supporting that statistic.”

And so far I haven’t found any either.

Since the company trains its algorithm on synthetically generated palms, I would like to make sure the company performs its palm/vein identity scanning accuracy testing on REAL palms. If you actually CREATE the data for any test, including an accuracy test, there’s a higher likelihood that you will pass.

I think many people would like to see public substantiated Amazon One accuracy data. ZERO false positives is a…BOLD claim to make.