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by braymundo 3465 days ago
Well, a common type of robbery in Brazil is what's called "lightning kidnapping" due to this reason. Assailants take people by force in order to make them withdraw money from ATMs using biometric security.
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To be fair, 'sequestros relâmpagos' (lightining kidnappings) were around long before biometric security in ATMs, and are still used today even with non-biometric security (PINs).