Ahh springtime, flowers and the annual Apple Platform Security (APS) update. This year’s version has many Apple Pay housekeeping changes. Previous versions put everything Apple Pay in a single section. […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Watch - EMV - FeliCa - iPhone - MIFARE - NFC - NFC tags
The Apple Pay monopoly debate part 1: context is everything
John Gruber did everyone a favor outlining some of the stakes at play in the remarkably glib, “Remarks by Executive Vice-President Vestager on the Statement of Objections sent to Apple […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - CASHLESS - EMV - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - Transit
The digital wallet service suspension front line
That was quick. When I made the above table for mobile wallet chokepoint, there was no indication we’d get EMV confirmation so quickly. Many were quick to applaud sanctions against […]
Apple Pay Transit - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments - Transit
Hidden Assumptions
Jonathan Seybold said it best in his Computer History Museum interview video, many arguments can be easily demolished by pulling out the hidden assumptions. In our attention span challenged social […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Transit - EMV - MIFARE - NFC
OMNY white-label card completes the EMV only OMNY system
After a long gestation, and a COVID related delay, the mighty swipe MetroCard replacement finally shipped. The OMNY card: a white-label EMV bank payment card using the mastercard payment network, […]
EMV - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica
Are Chinese manufactured PAX NFC readers a security risk?
Probably not, but the FBI Raids Chinese Point-of-Sale Giant PAX Technology report from Krebs on Security has some thrilling bits: “FBI and MI5 are conducting an intensive investigation into PAX,” […]