Re:Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to ste...
by basejumping on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:34AM
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Can you also boost the nfc to make payments from distance?
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Re:Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to ste...
by Piskvorrr on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:00AM
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Yup, but it's not very lucrative vs. risk, thus rare. This doesn't happen all that often because the payments need to also go somewhere, and following the money is apparently easier in electronic form. Plus there's a safety/security layer - you need to authenticate payments above a certain low limit, bank vouches for what's below the limit, etc.