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That's the thing I was trying to say. The card doesn't have a UI. With the phone, the fingerprint or facial recognition might fail etc. With the card, it cannot
by photonios 9y ago
That's the thing I was trying to say. The card doesn't have a UI. With the phone, the fingerprint or facial recognition might fail etc. With the card, it cannot go wrong, you just tap your card on the reader.
- Godel_unicode 9y agoIt might fail, but it probably won't. Also your card might pick up static and not interface with the terminal. Or you might break it by bending it in your pocket (happened to me a while back). You say there's no UI for cards, but that's only the case for transactions under €20. With phone, no PIN required for transactions over X dollars. One motion for everything. Then add that you don't need to carry a wallet if you have phone payment. Throw your phone in a sleeve (or use a watch!) and go running, stop for your smoothie on the way home. Finally, since it's a phone I can call it when it's missing or my watch will tell me if it's in the Uber I just got out of. Even works when intoxicated!
- artworx 9y agoIn Romania, a bank started issuing watches that function as contactless credit cards last year. https://embeddedsecuritynews.com/2017/06/romanian-lender-introduces-contactless-watch-that-works-as-banking-card/ https://embeddedsecuritynews.com/2017/06/romanian-lender-int...
- photonios 9y agoI live in Romania. I got one. It's been great!
- photonios 9y agoI see your point. One thing I've seen people do is to keep their debit card in the cover of their phone. Which is a great hack :-) You can just put your phone on the card reader.