The implant gets closer.

Run_to_da_hills

"How your watch could replace your wallet for purchases under £15 New high-tech watch contains chip that allows you to settle payments by tapping it at the till

The £99 gadget can be used at 70,000 shops in the UK "

Who in their wright mind would be gullible enough to leave their digital finger prints at every single cash point for petty purchases under £15. The same people are probably those that use their credit and debit cards for purchases over £15.

Next they will be telling us that it would be more convenient to inject it under the skin. :eek:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2067398/Watch2pay-replace-wallet-purchases-15.html

Jeboa Safari

I'd say it's much more likely to be phones that will be used rather than watches, and it'd be handy.

hooradiation

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Who in their wright mind would be gullible enough to leave their digital finger prints at every single cash point for petty purchases under £15. The same people are probably those that use their credit and debit cards for purchases over £15.

I fail to see the problem with either of those scenarios.

jackiebaron

Jeboa Safari wrote: »

I'd say it's much more likely to be phones that will be used rather than watches, and it'd be handy.

Yeah, but the "man" will argue that if your phone gets nicked or lost then you've lost you money as well. Whereas the implant avoids that.

Jeboa Safari

jackiebaron wrote: »

Yeah, but the "man" will argue that if your phone gets nicked or lost then you've lost you money as well. Whereas the implant avoids that.

He can argue away, can't see the majority going for implants, and surely 'the man' would benefit from it being used in things like phones or watches that people can continue to buy and upgrade.

Run_to_da_hills

Job Safari wrote: »

He can argue away, can't see the majority going for implants, and surely 'the man' would benefit from it being used in things like phones or watches that people can continue to buy and upgrade.

Have you ever heard of "flashing the latest firmware"?

All that is really needed in these implants is your 16 digit ID# to access an account database.

jackiebaron

Jeboa Safari wrote: »

He can argue away, can't see the majority going for implants, and surely 'the man' would benefit from it being used in things like phones or watches that people can continue to buy and upgrade.

Didn't think you'd see people groped and sexually molested at airports either and the majority of them just passively accepting it, did you?

studiorat

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Have you ever heard of "flashing the latest firmware"?

All that is really needed in these implants is your 16 digit ID# to access an account database.

eh? What 16 digit id?

hooradiation

jackiebaron wrote: »

Didn't think you'd see people groped and sexually molested at airports either and the majority of them just passively accepting it, did you?

I can get groped at airports now?
Must have missed that every time I have flown.

studiorat

hooradiation wrote: »

I can get groped at airports now?
Must have missed that every time I have flown.

groped and a flash of the firm ware if you're lucky

hooradiation

studiorat wrote: »

groped and a flash of the firm ware if you're lucky

I am still convinced that "Flash of the firm ware" is a variant on the "happy ending" service offered by certain massage establishments.

humanji

Am I the only one who actually read the article? It's about a system that's similar to the Oyster cards. You top up the watch for a maximum of £15 and can buy things in selected stores that use the system. I don't know where digital fingerprints are coming from and I can't imagine what connection it has to implants other than wild speculation.

And it's also worth pointing out the part of the article which says "However, despite this prediction, many of us appear reluctant to part with traditional payment methods.
In July, banks and retailers abandoned plans to abolish the cheque by October 2018 following a public outcry."

clever_name

jackiebaron wrote: »

Didn't think you'd see people groped and sexually molested at airports either and the majority of them just passively accepting it, did you?

I have never been sexually molested at an airport, do you have to pay extra for this with Ryanair?

Kernel

clever_name wrote: »

I have never been sexually molested at an airport, do you have to pay extra for this with Ryanair?

You have to pay extra for *everything* with Ryanair.

Run to the hills, I'm curious, would you be in favour of using implants on criminals? (of course RFID range is not great at all).

hooradiation

humanji wrote: »

Am I the only one who actually read the article? It's about a system that's similar to the Oyster cards. You top up the watch for a maximum of £15 and can buy things in selected stores that use the system. I don't know where digital fingerprints are coming from and I can't imagine what connection it has to implants other than wild speculation.

And it's also worth pointing out the part of the article which says "However, despite this prediction, many of us appear reluctant to part with traditional payment methods.
In July, banks and retailers abandoned plans to abolish the cheque by October 2018 following a public outcry."

Barcley have a similar scheme with their onetouch system, which is probably the best of both, limiting small purchases to the swipe system and needing chip & pin to do anything above that.

It's still slow on the uptake, simply because the traditional POS units don't support them and adding support for a system that only one bank is running with is a bit of an expense.

Still, if it took off I can see a system like One Touch becoming pretty prevalent, but cash transactions aren't going anywhere. The same way that the advent of debit and credit cards haven't created a cashless society despite operating on the same model.

massdebater

They have something similar to this in Australia already. Just hold the card up to the machine for any purchases less than $100. It's not available in all shops yet but it's very handy and becoming a lot more popular.

http://www.nab.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/nab/nab/home/Personal_Finance/4/53/

weisses

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

"How your watch could replace your wallet for purchases under £15 New high-tech watch contains chip that allows you to settle payments by tapping it at the till

The £99 gadget can be used at 70,000 shops in the UK "

Who in their wright mind would be gullible enough to leave their digital finger prints at every single cash point for petty purchases under £15. The same people are probably those that use their credit and debit cards for purchases over £15.

Next they will be telling us that it would be more convenient to inject it under the skin. :eek:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2067398/Watch2pay-replace-wallet-purchases-15.html

And to add a bit of CT

http://www.bilderberg.org/shengen.htm


You mean this ??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3697940.stm

Old news really

Freddio

Does anyone remember the Microsoft table and the way you could drag a product onto your credit card. It was all very star wars but nobody bothered