July 27, 2021 The ‘Apple Pay is a monopoly’ soap opera continues ZDNet reports Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services hearings that are focused on, yet again, forcing Apple to ‘open up’ their NFC chip. Actually they should be talking about the secure element in Apple Silicon […]
Apple Pay + Wallet
Secure Intent and the Secure Element
Undistracted John Gruber on Secure Intent on Apple Devices. A interesting dive into spoof proof secure intent: “a physical link—from a physical button to the Secure Enclave…used to confirm user intent during Apple Pay transactions,” and how it plays out on Apple devices with Face ID and Touch ID. He […]
Mobile Payments - NFC
Fun with Android NFC settings…not
XIANYOU’s blog post outlining adventures getting Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 NFC to work correctly, is an excellent reminder that Apple Pay does a great service by hiding NFC setting nonsense from iPhone customers. I mean really, is it the user’s job to figure out the ‘secure element position’? Bottoms up. […]