cell phones to replace credit cards? Tmo thinks so

[rudeguy]

http://www.tmonews.com/2010/08/t-mobile-working-to-replace-your-credit-card-with-your-phone/

I can't wait for this. As long as the pop machine at work works with this, I'll be a happy camper.

 

[Bateluer]

As long as the pop machine at work works

Will your stomach line be as happy?

 

[rudeguy]

Will your stomach line be as happy?

Its my mission in life to kill that thing

 

[pm]

I saw a bit of this in Europe. I thought the reverse was funny too - in Scotland, they would advertise that if you bought a drink at Burger King, they'd add 0.50 pence to your pay-as-you-go plan. But beyond just fast food, you could pay for lots of things with a mobile phone, and then you could add more money to it at most ATMs. I thought it was pretty cool... I never used it, but I thought it was cool.

[somewhat more off-topic, but more on-topic than the state of Rude's stomach]Their "chip 'n PIN" credit card system was also pretty advanced though. I wonder why they've got that and the US is still on this easily-stolen signature based system. It was a pain when they wouldn't take a US credit card but the whole system seemed much more secure than just swiping a credit card and signing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_and_PIN

 

[rudeguy]

I saw a bit of this in Europe. I thought the reverse was funny too - in Scotland, they would advertise that if you bought a drink at Burger King, they'd add 0.50 pence to your pay-as-you-go plan. But beyond just fast food, you could pay for lots of things with a mobile phone, and then you could add more money to it at most ATMs. I thought it was pretty cool... I never used it, but I thought it was cool.

[somewhat more off-topic]Their "chip 'n PIN" credit card system was also pretty advanced though. I wonder why they've got that and the US is still on this easily-stolen signature based system. It was a pain when they wouldn't take a US credit card. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_and_PIN

I will avoid my usual anti-government rant and simply state that the US sucks for cell phone technology. We've always been behind the curve.

 

[Deeko]

Yea I was gonna say, I thought they had things like this in Europe already.

 

[Phokus]

i remember seeing videos of this done in japan like a long time ago.

 

[corkyg]

And the security risks go even higher. No thanks. I'll stick to cash.

 

[Auric]

Americans are prolly adverse to CC chips on account of suppos-ed priv-acy issues -i.e. a false notion that they hold all of their personal information and/or are akin to tracking devices surreptitiously implanted in their teef fillings, all the while being oblivious to the actual data collection inherent to CC usage regardless.