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OK, maybe I'm old or old-fashioned or just not creative enough... But what exactly are the advantages of this implant over NFC-cards or something like Apple Pa
by struppi 9y ago
OK, maybe I'm old or old-fashioned or just not creative enough...
But what exactly are the advantages of this implant over NFC-cards or something like Apple Pay? That I cannot forget my card or my phone? I don't even know when this last happened to me...
- patrickk 9y agoOr what about a wristband?
- nextlevelwizard 9y agoOK, this is Wisconsin, but for one Apple Pay is not available everywhere outside of U.S.
- Kluny 9y ago> "Something like Apple Pay" Meaning a smartphone app to authenticate, instead of a lanyard or keycard.
- nextlevelwizard 9y agoJust more convenience then I guess. I like the idea that I could just go to store, pick up stuff and walk out and my bank account would just magically get charged for the items. Obviously this is still far away from that (possible) future, but it's a step towards it. I would already be willing to pay not to have to use my credit card at the counter, but instead being able to Jedi wave over the payment terminal.
- logfromblammo 9y agoI dislike the idea that a payment system might not include a "something you know" or a "something you are" in its verification. And also that I'd probably get fired for cloning my boss's RFID.
- mseebach 9y agoHygiene and safety, I would guess. A card in a lanyard can get caught up in all sorts of machinery and even a wristband can be slightly difficult to keep clean.
- Normal_gaussian 9y agoMake the band from the right metals and it keeps itself hygienic
- Kluny 9y agoMy new startup makes employee id bracelets out of sterling silver with embedded rfid chips encased in sapphire, for tech startups that can't figure out how to spend their VC money.
- Normal_gaussian 9y agoI'll take that as sarcasm, cheap copper should be fine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_properties_of_copper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_properties_of_...
- logfromblammo 9y agoSarcasm or not, it makes me wish my current municipality had some stupid VC money sloshing over the sides of the tub.
- dovdovdov 9y agoUm, almost the same applies to hands and arms.
- cyphar 9y agoI don't know about you, but my body's sense of proprioception[1] doesn't extend to lanyards or other things attached to my clothing. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioception
- tonylemesmer 9y agoIts attached to the user semi-permananetly (not an advantage). Perhaps the customers (the business) are assuming because its implanted it can't be substituted like a smart card and therefore is somehow more secure, which of course it isn't. Perhaps it does up the threshold for misuse, but still doesn't eliminate it completely.
- lostboys67 9y agoEspecially at $300 a pop that's a lot more than a $5 or $10 card
- copperx 9y agoRFID cards aren't $5.
- yorwba 9y agoMore like $22.99 for a pack of 100 apparently: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GXV4IGC/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GXV4IGC/ (No affiliation, those were the first I found)
- lgas 9y agoYeah it looks like you can get them on Alibaba for about a penny each. (https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Customized-Rewritable-RFID-Card-For-Access_60601641886.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Customized-Rewritable...)
- lostboys67 9y agoAh that was the cost to replace an rfid id card when I worked at a big publisher I was assuming the normal rip-off markup that suppliers of these systems charge