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Apple decided that users cannot use the NFC chip in it except for Apple Pay (for the foreseeable future). You don't really 'own' an Iphone in that sense.
by Freak_NL 10y ago
Apple decided that users cannot use the NFC chip in it except for Apple Pay (for the foreseeable future). You don't really 'own' an Iphone in that sense.
- NikolaNovak 10y agousers cannot use the NFC chip in it except for Apple Pay That... boggles my mind :-O Thanks for the info. My wife is unfortunately locked into iPhone due to work standard, but something to keep in mind long-term.
- _1tan 10y agoThat's it - iPhone is the new Blackberry.
- nickik 10y agoFor U2F at least, Bluetooth solutions should be arriving. If Yubico does its on (they have said that they are working on it) they might additionally let you use the OTP stuff. That said, LassPass says that when Firefox supports U2F, they will also try to support it. So maybe the OTP stuff is not that important. Dashlane Password Manager already supports it.
- artursapek 10y agoSeriously?
- NikolaNovak 10y agoFound these as confirmation, based on Freak_NL's pointer; by design, NFC is used for a single purpose on iPhone 6 & 7 currently. Will Apple support NFC tags in iOS 10 for the iPhone 7? : https://gototags.com/blog/will-apple-finally-support-nfc-tag-reading-ios-10-iphone-7/ https://gototags.com/blog/will-apple-finally-support-nfc-tag... https://gototags.com/blog/apple-iphone-7-support-nfc-tags/ https://gototags.com/blog/apple-iphone-7-support-nfc-tags/
- pdpi 10y agoYup. That said, Apple doesn't advertise the iPhone as having NFC. It's just an implementation detail for the features they do advertise.
- nobodyshere 10y agoActually they can. Features are being added, for example using iphone's nfc chip as a work pass.
- r00fus 10y agocite? first I've heard of it.
- nobodyshere 10y agoI can't cite it right now, but I can ask iOS devs from our mobile team to provide sources on that. I've been told it was recently added to the API.