The Practical EMV Relay Protection paper authored by Andreea-Ina Radu, Tom Chothia, Christopher J.P. Newton, Ioana Boureanu and Liqun Chen, outlines a potential weakness with VISA cards when used with […]
iOS 15 • watchOS 8 features missing in Japan
Now that iPhone • Apple Watch event day 2021 is over with iOS 15 • watchOS 8 ready for official launch on September 21 JST, let’s look at what features […]
Of course COVID and face masks stalled US Apple Pay growth…they don’t have Suica payments
Using Apple Pay with Face ID and face masks sucks after all. Semi-distracted Gruber: “Apple Pay with Apple Watch works well while wearing a face mask, but using your iPhone […]
Secrets of iOS 15 Apple Wallet
iOS 15 Wallet is deceptive. The first impression out of the box is that nothing has changed much. It looks the same, it works the same. It doesn’t help that […]
Suica Smart-Lock service announced for December launch
JR East announced the Suica Smart-Lock service for a December launch. The service is a co-venture that incorporates JREM who provide the cloud based ID-Port technology and ART, an access […]
WAON and nanaco coming to Apple Pay
UPDATE: WAON and nanaco will launch on Apple Pay October 21 JST Two of the last big three Apple Pay Japan holdouts are finally coming: AEON announced WAON and Seven […]