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Re:Walletmor Payment Implant by spicybright on Sunday April 11, 2021 @07:18PM (#26774448)
You can't upgrade it if payment systems change.

It's impossible for an implant to be 0 risk.

Removal is more complicated than implanting.

You can't change the data on it, so if you get skimmed you need a new implant.

However if it is re-writable (some are) you'll need to know someone/buy expensive specialized hardware.

I say all the above as someone with a magnet implant in my finger for the past 6 years. I still love having done it. But for practical uses like payment systems in an implant sounds like a horrible idea. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_implant)

Re:Walletmor Payment Implant by EveYoung on Monday April 12, 2021 @04:38AM (#26777157)
Would you mind sharing your reasons for getting a magnetic implant? According the the wiki article, it's mainly used for "feeling" magnetic fields?
Re:Walletmor Payment Implant by moistbar on Monday April 12, 2021 @01:11PM (#26782052)
> You can't change the data on it, so if you get skimmed you need a new implant.

If it's basically an NFC tag, can't you make it read-write? Or is this potentially doing something more than that?

Also, how did you get the magnet implanted? Despite having no use for it myself, I still kinda want one.