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Re:Coin: A step in the wrong direction by fletchowns on Thursday November 14, 2013 @05:55PM (#6736316)
Yea but my credit card doesn't have a wireless radio built into it
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Re:Coin: A step in the wrong direction by dylanpyle on Thursday November 14, 2013 @06:19PM (#6736471)
As far as I can tell, the BLE radio in Coin is only used for detecting location, and doesn't expose any card details in any form.
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Re:Coin: A step in the wrong direction by fletchowns on Thursday November 14, 2013 @06:25PM (#6736497)
Yea but it's still a wireless radio. Who knows what sort of exploit some malicious and clever person could come up with.
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Re:Coin: A step in the wrong direction by goshx on Thursday November 14, 2013 @06:42PM (#6736588)
IMO, if we worry about that we would never use NFC or any other technology, really. I dare to say that everything is exploitable.
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Re:Coin: A step in the wrong direction by fletchowns on Thursday November 14, 2013 @06:55PM (#6736676)
No, we should just always be careful with new technology.
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Re:Coin: A step in the wrong direction by ggoodale on Thursday November 14, 2013 @06:38PM (#6736573)
If that were the case, how would the data input into your cell phone get stored on the card? I believe at a minimum Coin uses BLE to transmit card data from your phone to the device.
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