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People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them? (www.bbc.com)
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[–] viking@infosec.pub 20 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Stick your credit card under the phone cover and you have tap to pay.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 4 points 6 months ago

Jokes aside, but in Russia, when NFC stopped working on Apple phones, some banks made payment stickers like this.

[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

true. Though I don't know how you'd lock it behind biometrics.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Above 25 or 30 USD (don't remember exactly) my bank requires me to enter the pin, that's just as good.

[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Oh well, that works then.

[–] GCanuck@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Although you should be using an RFID blocking case to hold your cards.