Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoNothing sells 100,000 CMF Phone 1 units in three hoursgsmarena.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down17
arrow-up1135arrow-down1external-linkNothing sells 100,000 CMF Phone 1 units in three hoursgsmarena.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareilhamagh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down6·5 months agoWhy? Even a low-end phone comes with a good enough camera for QR which means wider adoption, you need a higher tier phone for NFC. We have a similar system in my country and I believe we copy it from India, it works and is convenient.
minus-squarebest_username_ever@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·5 months ago Why Because 0 security
minus-squareMenacingPerson@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoWhat? Payments are obviously going to be secure.
minus-squarebest_username_ever@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoQR codes cannot contain enough data to put cryptographic keys.
minus-squareMenacingPerson@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoOkay? QR codes are displayed publicly. They display the unique ID of the merchant. That’s all. The payment happens over the internet which is encrypted.
Why?
Even a low-end phone comes with a good enough camera for QR which means wider adoption, you need a higher tier phone for NFC.
We have a similar system in my country and I believe we copy it from India, it works and is convenient.
Because 0 security
What? Payments are obviously going to be secure.
QR codes cannot contain enough data to put cryptographic keys.
Okay? QR codes are displayed publicly. They display the unique ID of the merchant. That’s all. The payment happens over the internet which is encrypted.
Lol what?