In this article we will be discussing a nice piece of futuristic technology to make our lives a bit easier at the gas pump. Shell is introducing into just a few of its gas stations the ability to pay using a finger print reader that will be linked up to an account registered in your name. It's supposedly easy to enroll where you simply register your finger print, select your search code and you preferred choice of payment. The unfortunate part is that you don't get to many options in the form of choice towards payment option. Those options being eCheck, Shell card of Shell Mastercard. So those of you who do not have one of those 3 types of payment may not participate but I am sure those of you who want to take part would be welcomed to apply for one of the following listed above.
This is an interesting way for this technology to be used, no more having to dig around for your card or worry that if you misplaced your card that it could actually be stolen. It seems very secure and safe because no two fingerprints are identical, so nobody would be able to access your account. They add on to the security your account information will be stored and encrypted on IBM data centers. This is great news in the age of identity theft happening on a constant basis. I would have to think that being able to store so many records for customers it would require a very large and reliable database. The database would have to be accessed by all participate shells and be available when ever a shell is open for business. In theory could be 24/7.
I saw this information on a page on the Shell website which will be listed below. I think its amazing that we are finally starting to enter an age in technology that I once saw on tv shows on the Sci-fi channel. Hopefully flying cars are in the near future that don't run on gasoline!
Link to the page:
http://www.shell.com/home/content/us-en/shell_for_motorists/payments/pay_by_touch/
goldfinger_main.html
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