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Boo_Guy t1_jdptmtm wrote

Sometime in 2025: Panera Bread reported a security breech today. Hackers made off with customer names, phone numbers, partial credit card numbers, and biometric data of approximately 2.5 million customers...

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Well shit now I have to replace my hand prints. *gets out the angle grinder*

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InitiativeDue2336 t1_jdqghd1 wrote

You mean free credit monitoring for a year and a 5$ class action settlement check is not enough for you?

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Hashtagworried t1_jdtcqmr wrote

Everything is true minus the customers part. I find it hard to believe they have that many customers.

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Boo_Guy t1_jdtiti0 wrote

A security expert estimated 7-30 million were hit by their last breech while the company said it was only 10k so I went with 2.5m. 🤷‍♂️

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Climactic9 t1_jdu6bhd wrote

What can hackers do with the biometric data? Grow an identical hand in a lab? Apple has people’s fingerprints this isn’t any different.

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K00CHNOZZLE t1_jdr0kv1 wrote

The biometrics data is all handled by Amazon One. Panera only stores social IDs.

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crazypenz t1_jdrf5vr wrote

Ah yes. The super trustworthy company Amazon.com. I feel better now. /S

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K00CHNOZZLE t1_jdrio9i wrote

All I’m saying is a breach of Panera would not leak biometric data. This is just an integration into an existing platform.

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InitiativeDue2336 t1_jdriv1b wrote

Until some joker forgets to harden a reporting server and ends up exposing all the data worldwide… hmmm where did I hear that last?

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K00CHNOZZLE t1_jdrkvqv wrote

Well that would be Amazon’s problem then. All I’m arguing is that a breach of Panera would not leak biometric data. The AO device connects directly to Amazon, bypassing the POS altogether.

The only data that Panera gets from the device are loyalty events. CC payments using AO are handled through the Verifone like any other credit card.

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InitiativeDue2336 t1_jdrlwdv wrote

The point people are arguing here is why does a sandwich vendor like Panera need biometrics in the business process at all. It’s just not a good use case.

It can be Panera or Amazon or some other third party contractor or data broker breach. What people are wondering is why would biometrics be used at all especially when there are no material consequences to these companies.

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K00CHNOZZLE t1_jds1ojb wrote

That’s a completely different discussion. The comment I replied to implied Panera is storing biometric data. I know for a fact that is false.

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