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| Care Not I Do They could be giving away Free Lap Dances With Happy Ending for the life of the contract and I still wouldn't bite.
My good old reliable plastic credit cards work great and fit in my (real) wallet.
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Algonquin, IL | Same here. I'll keep my plastic. |
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said by jseymour:They could be giving away Free Lap Dances With Happy Ending for the life of the contract and I still wouldn't bite.
My good old reliable plastic credit cards work great and fit in my (real) wallet.
Jim
my grandfather said something similar about plastic debit cards
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| Rooted wont work? Rooted phones won't work with the new service? Interesting. When you have root, anything running underneath can't know whats going on. Otherwise its not really root.
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Of course the really obnoxious part of this is that technophiles (the same ones that like to root and control their devices) are one of the most likely groups for early adoption of a service like this.
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1 edit | RFID I hadn't noticed that some phones started shipping with RFID technology. That could be handy at my job if I got an app that will read RFID tags. Luckily I have a Galaxy Nexus which has the RFID capability!
I wonder why Galaxy Nexus was not on the list of phones to get this service from T-Mobile!?
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Re: wow Google wallet is pure software. Its basically like paypal. As far as the banking aspect I think this is the same. Probably counting on the same lack of laws that is currently 'protecting' paypal from their blunders.
However, the authorization system is different. For paypal/google wallet your authorization comes from you supplying your password at some point. This system uses RFID so you don't need to enter any password. Its just like a speedpay system at a gas station or some of those toll booths that you just drive through. The presence of your phone is enough. Its a bit more convenient.
For me they will need to tie it to a credit card. Paypal, Google Wallet, etc. have nothing like the protectiions of a credit card. If someone hacks your CC, you don't loose anything. If someone hacks your paypal you are ass-out.
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Not to mention, tying geographical location, web browsing history, text, calling and now (wishfully) a purchase history, these people have way too much insight into my not-so-non-personally identifiable very personally identifiable life. |
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Mount Airy, MD | Purchase Protection Conventional credit card purchases (debit card? are you nuts!?) bring with them built in benefits like rebate points and warranty extensions. Fraud protection offered by credit cards is also unmatched. Perhaps if this venture offered something much better than these things, it might be worth considering.
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Re: Care Not I Do said by AVD:my grandfather said something similar about plastic debit cards
Ah hah hah hah ah hah
If debit cards would've cost to the tune of about $1200/year, then you'd have a point.
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Re: wow Actually someone did hack my Paypal 2 years ago, and they reversed the charge as it was obvious fraud. Maybe because it was a purchase and not money transfer?
Ironically, I'd tried the Paypal debit card 10 years ago, and it was stolen with $50 on it that they never made whole. |
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Re: Rooted wont work? said by dnoyeB:Rooted phones won't work with the new service? Interesting. When you have root, anything running underneath can't know whats going on. Otherwise its not really root.
On Google Wallet anyway the program shows an "Unsupported Device" message at the top with root but is still perfectly functional. |
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Re: NFW It's true, phone companies are the last respectable business I'd want near my wallet. |
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Re: Care Not I Do Definitely this. Anyone who uses a debit card to pay for purchases is an idiot since there are no Government protections for debit card fraud.
If someone makes unauthorized purchases on your credit card, the most you are liable for is $50. If someone clones your debit card, they can drain your entire bank account dry and unless you catch it quickly your SOL.
»www.usa.gov/topics/money/banking···it.shtml
Adding this ability to a phone, which is already has NFC security problems and you might as well just throw your money away.
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that's an deceptive comparison at best, the majority of the population now already owns smartphones, this is just a new application for the smartphone that most already own. I don't know everything about ISIS, but google wallet costs the user nothing.
This is just a the next logical step in our movement away from paper currency. 40 years ago people would have been saying the same thing about relying primarily on a credit or debit card.
These days if I have cash it's usually by accident, or I'm going to one of the last few vestiges that doesn't take credit card.
Flee Markets, Garage sales etc.
It may take another 40 years for this to become as common as the debit card is today, but it will probably be much faster than that.
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Re: Purchase Protection said by pnh102:Conventional credit card purchases (debit card? are you nuts!?) bring with them built in benefits like rebate points and warranty extensions. Fraud protection offered by credit cards is also unmatched. Perhaps if this venture offered something much better than these things, it might be worth considering.
this is for buying gum and soda at 7-11 on your way to the gym.
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