Cell phone makes wallets redundant in Japan

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  • SarperDomain
    Unconfirmed Email
    • Mar 2007
    • 120
    #1

    Cell phone makes wallets redundant in Japan

    Who needs credit cards?
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27661473/
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27471682/
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    • Greyhatter
      Banned
      • May 2007
      • 408
      #2
      Re: Cell phone makes wallets redundant in Japan

      Originally posted by SarperDomain
      Who needs credit cards?
      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27661473/
      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27471682/
      I asked that question 10 years ago and the answer is still "no one." Use cash everywhere u can. Credit cards?... One day they may be able to plug into your brain and add and subtract what you owe from it... Won't that be a wonderful world?

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        • Deviant Ollam
          Semi-Professional Swearer
          • May 2003
          • 3417
          #3
          Re: Cell phone makes wallets redundant in Japan

          Babak and I just saw vending machines like that in Austria when we were there for DeepSec last week...




          all photos and videos from that trip are visible at this gallery here, btw.

          Seems like a neat concept in theory... but i'm sure that the protections are not as good in some implementations. Does it require a password at all times or can someone with your phone just key in whatever they want if they lift it from your pocket?
          "I'll admit I had an OiNK account and frequented it quite often… What made OiNK a great place was that it was like the world's greatest record store… iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up. I feel like I'm being hustled when I visit there, and I don't think their product is that great. DRM, low bit rate, etc... OiNK it existed because it filled a void of what people want."
          - Trent Reznor

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            • streaker69
              • Mar 2008
              • 1141
              #4
              Re: Cell phone makes wallets redundant in Japan

              Originally posted by Greyhatter
              One day they may be able to plug into your brain and add and subtract what you owe from it... Won't that be a wonderful world?
              As long as you don't need a bio-engineered mutant dolphin to retrieve your password if you forget it.
              A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.

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                • SarperDomain
                  Unconfirmed Email
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 120
                  #5
                  Re: Cell phone makes wallets redundant in Japan

                  Nice Johnny Mnemonic references.

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