Piggly Wiggly Fingerprint Scanners

News.com 11feb2005

Biometric systems stand guard

Shoppers, too, have been getting into the act at four Piggly Wiggly stores in South Carolina, where a fingerprint reader stands in for a debit card machine. The supermarket chain this spring will expand the number of stores that use the system, provided by a company called Pay By Touch.

Why on Earth is this woman so happy at being treated like a criminal?
In fact, why are any of them happy?