Just say NO to Apple's newfound love for RFID/NFC SPYCHIPS!!! Demand devices without this abomination of people tracking! Not much different from being chipped like a dog!
I'm really hoping you are mentally I'll because that might be an excuse for this sort of crap. What you seem to mis is that you are already tracked very effectively if you have a cell phone and a credit card. You really need to take some time educating yourself, possibly starting with grade school, so that you can learn to sift through all the BS on the internet. Otherwise people will be playing you the fool for the rest of your life.
There are two main selling point for iPhone 5 that we know about already and like as not, Apple will be using one or both of them.
1) "Twice" - Twice as fast, twice the memory, twice the graphics, dual core. (Maybe this will be "iPhone 4s" as with the 3G model).
2) "Worldphone" - For the first time you can just buy the one phone and it will work virtually anywhere. It will be sold unlocked in the USA (as it already is in most other countries), and it might even be cheaper, so as to drive unlocked sales and bring the carriers to the bargaining table vis-a-vis their customers.
3) We learned how to design an antenna with no weak-spots.
The real story is not about adding electronic payment capability to the iPhone or iPad, or even the iPod Touch. Apple is secretly working on an entirely new type of product - a game changer on the scale of the iPad. It will be a new smaller format device - thinner, lighter, but of course still be made in white plastic for that kitchen appliance look Steve treasures. Think plastic iBook but way way smaller. Way smaller. And much thinner. To keep the size down the display will be removed like the iPod shuffle, and there will be no buttons or keyboards. To save cost & weight it will have a minimal amount of data storage - just a magnetic strip along the back. Each device will have a unique serial number, similar to an Ethernet MAC address. This device called the "iCard" will be so small and thin it will fit in your wallet, so you can take it with you anywhere and use it to pay for goods and services. It will allow you to purchase items online as well, preferably through iTunes.
There's nothing new about the credit card. I think the point here, snigger, is that with mobile payments you can just wave your phone around pay for stuff. i.e. it's even handier than having to swipe the card.
My guess is you like to run your piehole through your keyboard since you like ad hominem attacks, and I bet you have not visited either of the links -- i.e. not watched the documentary exposing RFID/NFC spychips I provided, nor watched nor read any of Katherine Albrecht's RFID/NFC spychips research I also linked. She has a radio show too:
You seem to like being tracked -- I am sure you will be first to get the Apple implantable spychip under your skin as well -- hey, it's even MORE EFFECTIVE.
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Originally Posted by wizard69
I'm really hoping you are mentally I'll because that might be an excuse for this sort of crap. What you seem to mis is that you are already tracked very effectively if you have a cell phone and a credit card. You really need to take some time educating yourself, possibly starting with grade school, so that you can learn to sift through all the BS on the internet. Otherwise people will be playing you the fool for the rest of your life.
Clearly, you don't go out much. This feature is the norm in Japan. Presuming you're here in the USA, it's naive to think that this feature is aimed squarely at the U.S. There are more people outside our country that would love to have that feature.
We don't have the infrastructure set up really to take advantage of it as easily as say credit / debit cards, but it would be nice to have something like that available as an option. It would be less things to carry on one's person.
I'd rather see them break up iTunes rather than add more stuff to it.
Maybe they should buy PayPal if they want to get in on the payment transaction business.
There is a need, in my opinion, to have transactions go in both directions. Both payments and receive payments for private individuals. Sort of like Bump with a payment. If you want to borrow $5 for lunch, I set my iPhone app to send $5 and and bump your iPhone. Voila, money in your RFID account.
I don't see what the big fuss is all about. Chase has been using Blink RFID technology in their cards for a few years now. This isn't something new. If Apple is getting on board with RFID payments, I can imagine that they've already got plans in the works for who they'll partner with to process payments. Like I said, Blink has been used for a few years, and many retailers already have the technology to take RFID payments here in the US.
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Just say NO to Apple's newfound love for RFID/NFC SPYCHIPS!!! Demand devices without this abomination of people tracking! Not much different from being chipped like a dog!
Get educated: http://spychips.com
http://freedomtofascism.com.
I'm really hoping you are mentally I'll because that might be an excuse for this sort of crap. What you seem to mis is that you are already tracked very effectively if you have a cell phone and a credit card. You really need to take some time educating yourself, possibly starting with grade school, so that you can learn to sift through all the BS on the internet. Otherwise people will be playing you the fool for the rest of your life.
There are two main selling point for iPhone 5 that we know about already and like as not, Apple will be using one or both of them.
1) "Twice" - Twice as fast, twice the memory, twice the graphics, dual core. (Maybe this will be "iPhone 4s" as with the 3G model).
2) "Worldphone" - For the first time you can just buy the one phone and it will work virtually anywhere. It will be sold unlocked in the USA (as it already is in most other countries), and it might even be cheaper, so as to drive unlocked sales and bring the carriers to the bargaining table vis-a-vis their customers.
3) We learned how to design an antenna with no weak-spots.
The real story is not about adding electronic payment capability to the iPhone or iPad, or even the iPod Touch. Apple is secretly working on an entirely new type of product - a game changer on the scale of the iPad. It will be a new smaller format device - thinner, lighter, but of course still be made in white plastic for that kitchen appliance look Steve treasures. Think plastic iBook but way way smaller. Way smaller. And much thinner. To keep the size down the display will be removed like the iPod shuffle, and there will be no buttons or keyboards. To save cost & weight it will have a minimal amount of data storage - just a magnetic strip along the back. Each device will have a unique serial number, similar to an Ethernet MAC address. This device called the "iCard" will be so small and thin it will fit in your wallet, so you can take it with you anywhere and use it to pay for goods and services. It will allow you to purchase items online as well, preferably through iTunes.
There's nothing new about the credit card. I think the point here, snigger, is that with mobile payments you can just wave your phone around pay for stuff. i.e. it's even handier than having to swipe the card.
http://www.katherinealbrecht.com/
You seem to like being tracked -- I am sure you will be first to get the Apple implantable spychip under your skin as well -- hey, it's even MORE EFFECTIVE.
I'm really hoping you are mentally I'll because that might be an excuse for this sort of crap. What you seem to mis is that you are already tracked very effectively if you have a cell phone and a credit card. You really need to take some time educating yourself, possibly starting with grade school, so that you can learn to sift through all the BS on the internet. Otherwise people will be playing you the fool for the rest of your life.
Clearly, you don't go out much. This feature is the norm in Japan. Presuming you're here in the USA, it's naive to think that this feature is aimed squarely at the U.S. There are more people outside our country that would love to have that feature.
We don't have the infrastructure set up really to take advantage of it as easily as say credit / debit cards, but it would be nice to have something like that available as an option. It would be less things to carry on one's person.
Look beyond the confines of your own bubble.
It's also catching on in the UK. Barclaycard were the first in 2008 with this cool ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WlRcXIO5ik
I'd rather see them break up iTunes rather than add more stuff to it.
Maybe they should buy PayPal if they want to get in on the payment transaction business.
There is a need, in my opinion, to have transactions go in both directions. Both payments and receive payments for private individuals. Sort of like Bump with a payment. If you want to borrow $5 for lunch, I set my iPhone app to send $5 and and bump your iPhone. Voila, money in your RFID account.
Wow, that's a really cool idea!
Can you still buy lunch for $5?
3) We learned how to design an antenna with no weak-spots.
Personally I won't mind if the current antenna was on the iPhone 5 - I haven't met a single person who has had problems with it in RL.