Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoNothing sells 100,000 CMF Phone 1 units in three hoursgsmarena.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkNothing sells 100,000 CMF Phone 1 units in three hoursgsmarena.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareilhamagh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 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-up2·6 months ago Why Because 0 security
minus-squareMenacingPerson@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoWhat? Payments are obviously going to be secure.
minus-squarebest_username_ever@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoQR codes cannot contain enough data to put cryptographic keys.
Madness!
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.