After the deluge of phishing attacks coming out of China targeting Mobile Suica users and other JR East online services starting in late 2021, Japanese police made an arrest that […]
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JRE POINT Best Use 2025 Edition
JP transit and cashless YouTuber kenzy continues his series of practical, useful vids. His latest installment covers some JRE POINT best use strategies. I had been planning something similar but […]
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Unreported Open Loop Downsides
Now that the monthly economic magazine ‘Diamond’ has run it’s annual, “open-loop ticketing is the future so JR East is going backwards sticking with Suica” hit piece, piling on so […]
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10 Years of Apple Pay
Apple posted an ‘update’ on their news page, Apple celebrates 10 years of Apple Pay, where Jennifer Bailey promotes Apple Pay accomplishments, plugs new iOS 18 Apple Pay features (pay […]
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iOS 18.1 NFC & SE Platform: final destination for the iPhone open NFC saga
Apple announced a new iOS 18.1 API for iPhone: the NFC & SE Platform, a new framework for in-app NFC transactions using iPhone XS and later Secure Element. The key part of […]
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The Open NFC Lie
The whole EU vs Apple DMA sage boils down to one thing: “unfair” is never defined, never clear-cut. I’m no fan of what John Gruber writes these days, but his […]