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Re:2012 Will Be The Year NFC Breaks Big--Just Not In The U.S. by mike-cardwell on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @08:14AM (#3242960)
Presumably, just getting close to the card is not enough to initiate a payment? Most tables/desks are less than 4cm thick...
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Re:2012 Will Be The Year NFC Breaks Big--Just Not In The U.S. by lemming on Friday November 18, 2011 @08:23PM (#3254270)
No, it's not sufficient (you'd need something pretending to be a terminal) but it is necessary which makes it much harder with NFC than RFID.
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