I recently checked out Power World Gym, a chain with Indian branches in NCR and Bangalore
They have a bio metric system which members need to use to sign in to the Gym. From the companies point of view, I suspect this keeps their costs low and cuts down on fraud though this could also be easily achieved with a membership card with name and photo or the old fashioned way of just having staff who recognize their customers (it was a small gym)
Not sure if they store the fingerprint itself or just a hash. When I asked about some details of what was being stored, the staff did not have any clear idea. I was not comfortable with signing up so left
Curious if some other gyms (or other small and local businesses) have also started such a practice. What would you do if you were asked for bio metrics?
They have a bio metric system which members need to use to sign in to the Gym. From the companies point of view, I suspect this keeps their costs low and cuts down on fraud though this could also be easily achieved with a membership card with name and photo or the old fashioned way of just having staff who recognize their customers (it was a small gym)
Not sure if they store the fingerprint itself or just a hash. When I asked about some details of what was being stored, the staff did not have any clear idea. I was not comfortable with signing up so left
Curious if some other gyms (or other small and local businesses) have also started such a practice. What would you do if you were asked for bio metrics?
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