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fletchowns
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Coin: A step in the wrong direction
Yea but my credit card doesn't have a wireless radio built into it
dylanpyle
on Nov 14, 2013
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As far as I can tell, the BLE radio in Coin is
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used for detecting location, and doesn't expose any card details in any form.
fletchowns
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Yea but it's still a wireless radio. Who knows what sort of exploit some malicious and clever person could come up with.
goshx
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IMO, if we worry about that we would never use NFC or any other technology, really. I dare to say that everything is exploitable.
fletchowns
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No, we should just always be careful with new technology.
ggoodale
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If that were the case, how would the data input into your cell phone get stored on the card? I believe at a minimum Coin uses BLE to transmit card data from your phone to the device.
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