Anyone have a payment ring or smart ring?
Discussion
Baroque attacks said:
OzzyR1 said:
Works OK, but if I get on the tube I can't just touch the card as before - have to get my phone out, unlock it, open the wallet app, select the right card to use etc.
My phone is set up to use my current account as default for contactless so I have to scroll through on screen to use my business card or another.
No idea how a ring would work unless you only want to pay from a single account.
Are there no shorter routes? iPhone had a double click of the side button and preferred card is there ready to go.My phone is set up to use my current account as default for contactless so I have to scroll through on screen to use my business card or another.
No idea how a ring would work unless you only want to pay from a single account.
Opening a wallet to retrieve a card or unlocking a phone isn't much effort, granted, but I like to travel light when I'm out and about, particularly on foot. I don't carry a wallet and I frequently don't carry my phone, and I don't like stuff in my pockets either. For uncluttered convenience my ring can't be beat. I can pop into a pub whilst out walking, or into a shop to pick something up on the way home, dead easy. Out on the town of an evening is a particular boon too. It's no different to tapping a card, or a phone, or a watch, except I'm not carrying a thing, and I like that. Shoes, socks, jeans, shirt and that's it, or in warmer climes just sandals, shorts and a shirt. As for worrying that it might fail and you'll be stuck without a means of payment, then surely you must worry about your card or phone not working either and always carry a wad of cash too, just in case?
Someone is missing a trick here; they should do a cock ring version.
Not only would it enable better erections, when carrying shopping bags a simple hip thrust towards the terminal is all that's needed to make payment.
Yes, at Asda where their card machines are higher, you'd need to explain to security that you're not trying to have sex with the till.
I can see no reason why they couldn't be used at cashpoints too, they could call it cock ring ATM.
Not only would it enable better erections, when carrying shopping bags a simple hip thrust towards the terminal is all that's needed to make payment.
Yes, at Asda where their card machines are higher, you'd need to explain to security that you're not trying to have sex with the till.
I can see no reason why they couldn't be used at cashpoints too, they could call it cock ring ATM.
Louis Balfour said:
Someone is missing a trick here; they should do a cock ring version.
Not only would it enable better erections, when carrying shopping bags a simple hip thrust towards the terminal is all that's needed to make payment.
Yes, at Asda where their card machines are higher, you'd need to explain to security that you're not trying to have sex with the till. But otherwise I see no barriers to entry.
I can see no reason why they couldn't be used at cashpoints too, they could call it cock ring ATM.
Hilarious.Not only would it enable better erections, when carrying shopping bags a simple hip thrust towards the terminal is all that's needed to make payment.
Yes, at Asda where their card machines are higher, you'd need to explain to security that you're not trying to have sex with the till. But otherwise I see no barriers to entry.
I can see no reason why they couldn't be used at cashpoints too, they could call it cock ring ATM.
Now run along as the grown ups are talking.
Doofus said:
21st Century Man said:
An RFID chip, the size of a grain of rice, it's injected into the thumb muscle. Fully editable with a scanner attached to a PC or a laptop. All cards can be put onto it, debit/credit, including store/loyalty cards, and added or removed as expired and replaced. Very popular in Scandinavia apparently. One just waves one's hand across the reader.
If I wave my wallet over a contactless terminal it tells me "Select one card only". How does that work if they're all loaded on one chip?mikey_b said:
Doofus said:
21st Century Man said:
An RFID chip, the size of a grain of rice, it's injected into the thumb muscle. Fully editable with a scanner attached to a PC or a laptop. All cards can be put onto it, debit/credit, including store/loyalty cards, and added or removed as expired and replaced. Very popular in Scandinavia apparently. One just waves one's hand across the reader.
If I wave my wallet over a contactless terminal it tells me "Select one card only". How does that work if they're all loaded on one chip?loafer123 said:
Baroque attacks said:
OzzyR1 said:
Works OK, but if I get on the tube I can't just touch the card as before - have to get my phone out, unlock it, open the wallet app, select the right card to use etc.
My phone is set up to use my current account as default for contactless so I have to scroll through on screen to use my business card or another.
No idea how a ring would work unless you only want to pay from a single account.
Are there no shorter routes? iPhone had a double click of the side button and preferred card is there ready to go.My phone is set up to use my current account as default for contactless so I have to scroll through on screen to use my business card or another.
No idea how a ring would work unless you only want to pay from a single account.
Just set the card you want to pay with as an Express Travel card and then you just wave the phone (or the watch) over the reader and it takes the payment without needing to unlock the phone (or double clicking the side button on the Watch) - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT212171
And yes there is some security as not any old retailer is allowed to set their machines to be compatible with this so it doesn't impact paying normally.
Swatch pay is another idea > https://www.swatch.com/en-gb/swatch-pay/how-it-wor...
Register a Curve account, and pretty much any wearable can be synced to it > https://www.curve.com/en/wearables
nute said:
Must admit I’ve been tempted by the implanted chip, never followed through but I am very tempted. My only reservation is I’m not sure what happens should you need to have an MRI. My back is knackered and it’s something I need every so often.
Dogs are RFID chipped and scans don't seem to be a problem on Supervet.Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff