Do people find waving their phones around in a public place like this safe?
I've wondered how many people will accidentally lose their grip on it and send it flying...
Using watch would be awesome.
I use my Apple Watch at my work to badge in.
Do people find waving their phones around in a public place like this safe?
I've wondered how many people will accidentally lose their grip on it and send it flying...
I suspect this is a use case for having a watch.![]()
Agreed. We have the added burden here in NYC of a 100+ year-old system whose funding has been used as a piggy bank for decades -- along with a healthy dose of intra-agency dysfunction and mismanagement. Despite all that, though, it moves millions a day incredibly quickly. As far as this NFC payment thing, I think New Yorkers are likely to say "huh, cool and convenient, but we are more concerned about the actual trains working".
1: The cards are not paper.
2: EasyPay Options for MetroCard:
EasyPay allows you to pay for rides automatically with a credit/debit card. Once you sign-up, your MetroCard refills whenever the balance is low. This is a great option for riders who might not live near a MetroCard Vending Machine or who don’t want to bother refilling their cards.
Research before you type.
Could also mean (once they set up monthly and weekly passes) that people won't have to use those bloody MetroCard machines, which have some of the worse interfaces on earth.Pulling this off without major issues would add some credibility on their part, however, which would make it easier to convince people to allow other fixes and enhancements. Or well, to pay for them anyway.
Maybe a New Yorker can answer this: in order to use this feature, do I Need to set up an account with MTA first and back it up with a debit/credit card or do I just use any card I have stored with Apple Pay?
1: So it's not paper, but it's the most ****** and unreliable plastic flimsy card possible. It's not of the quality as I mentioned of hard plastic cards in other countries that last for years and use IC, no need to swipe an electronic strip that degrades quickly.2: I'm fully aware of EasyPay, however this is tethered through the same ****** plastic card with electronic strip that degrades easily over time.
Nothing to register. Just have ApplePay set up and tap away. It's still limited use here because it's the PILOT PROGRAM but oh man this is a game changer for us.
Calm down. If your MetroCards are regularly crapping out that fast, you might want to take a look at how you're treating them? I've got one I've been using for going on a year. In an out of my pocket, multiple swipes a day. It still works great. I've had cards get glitchy over the past two decades here, but rarely -- and it's not a huge deal to have a token booth attendent swap one out for a new one. If you're looking to gripe about something, how about the state of the signalling system, or all the goddamned video ads they've put up everywhere, as if THAT's a priority. Or the showtime dancers? There's plenty to get riled up about.
And yeah, we get that NFC is more convenient, etc, which I suppose is why they're testing it out now to see if it scales up well in NYC.
If you don't authenticate anybody that finds your phone can use it to enter the subway. So I'm guessing you pre-authenticate at least with face id while on the line or approaching the turnstile and then bam!But do you have to authenticate the way you do with ApplePay generally, or is this faster?
(I could go over to Union Square and test this out right now, but it's humid out and I'm very lazy![]()
So I'm guessing you pre-authenticate at least with face id while on the line or approaching the turnstile and then bam!
I pre-authenticate with apple pay with face id and then hold the phone to the reader. Just holding a locked phone to the turnstile would result in an unauthorized transaction for anybody that finds the phone with apple pay enabled. So that doesn't make any sense that you hold the phone without authenticating (at least with face id)You're guessing wrong. That's how regular apple pay works. Apple Pay Express Transit means no authentication the way you do with apple pay...
I pre-authenticate with apple pay with face id and then hold the phone to the reader. Just holding a locked phone to the turnstile would result in an unauthorized transaction for anybody that finds the phone with apple pay enabled. So that doesn't make any sense that you hold the phone without authenticating (at least with face id)
edit: it seems you need to unlock your phone, so question answered and not quite as convenient as apple pay as I don't have to unlock my phone, only click the power button twice. (Next time I ride those lines I'll definitely try it out)
Being able to make an unauthorized transaction for even 1 cent is an issue, in my opinion. Have you actually used your phone to ride subway (specifically the MTA in NYC) and enter through the turnstiles by holding a locked phone to the reader? And if you have what's to stop 10 or 20 people from using the same phone?You pre-authenticate with apple pay with face id and then hold the phone to the reader. Because that's how regular apple pay works.
Wherever you read that you need to unlock the phone to use express transit, you read it wrong. You literally hold the phone to the turnstile with no further interaction needed. No unlocking phone. No button pressing. If you have an XS/XS Max it works even after the battery is dead for roughly 5 hours. It's way more convenient than regular apple pay.
Yes, that means a locked phone can potentially be used to make an unauthorised transaction but only for transportation - Apple works closely with transport systems on this and isn't going to enable it to work willy nilly and drain peoples' bank accounts. Regular card readers in shops/restaurants don't interface with express transit. Express transit also disables when the phone prompts for a password (eg if the thief looks at the phone a couple of times).
Being able to make an unauthorized transaction for even 1 cent is an issue, in my opinion. Have you actually used your phone to ride subway (specifically the MTA in NYC) and enter through the turnstiles by holding a locked phone to the reader? And if you have what's to stop 10 or 20 people from using the same phone?
https://omny.info/about-contactless-payments#what-are-digital-wallets
Edit: the link states you may have to unlock your phone to use your smart device and I'm betting this is a regular apple pay transaction, which means with face id you preauthenticate and then tap. You can pay for yourself and up to 3 other people.
I’m right because the mta does not use Apple Pay transit express. The MTA uses a credit card with a chip or Apple Pay.I feel bad saying this so bluntly but you’re wrong. The next sentence says to see the user manual for your device - well here you go
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT209495
It is, however, optional and you can use regular Apple Pay transactions if paranoid.
MTA is so mismanaged, it's beyond joke. So much corruption. see MTA Miguel.hilarious. especially since they still use those magnetic strip cards.
I’m right because the mta does not use Apple Pay transit express. The MTA uses a credit card with a chip or Apple Pay.
No you’re incorrect, you have to read the link I posted. The MTA does not use a specific transit card or app and without that you can’t use express pay mode. A credit card does not qualify for express transit.No you’re wrong because https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT207958
That’s linked from the previous page btw. And what this entire article/discussion is about.
No you’re incorrect, you have to read the link I posted.
The MTA does not use a specific transit card or app and without that you can’t use express pay mode.
Yes and a payment card such as visa is not eligible for express transit pay. Can you highlight the relevant section in the support document where it says a payment card such as visa is eligible for express transit pay?Yes, a generic web page that says to go to specific device makers for more information, is going to be way more accurate than said information from Apple. Apple Pay is a type of contactless payment, but contactless is way more than just Apple Pay. And Express Transit is even more specific, so it'd be helpful for you to read up on that instead of not accepting that you've got it wrong.
Sorry but you seem to be living under a rock and/or so inept at reading that typing this out is quite pointless. The only reason that I'm continuing to reply is to ensure you don't misinform others. What you wrote is just not true. It literally says so on the link that I posted to you - "New York City: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) accepts payment cards in Wallet at select stations." Not transit cards - payment cards. I don't live in NYC, but that's not particularly relevant.
Yes and a payment card such as visa is not eligible for express transit pay. Can you highlight the relevant section in the support document where it says a payment card such as visa is eligible for express transit pay?
You are still not correct, see the screenshot below. Note the “eligible for express transit”. That’s the caveat. But you were real quick to throw an insult.Back to the first article for clarity.
Before you start, set up a card in Wallet to use for Express Transit mode with Apple Pay. You can set up a new credit, debit, or prepaid card or a new transit card.
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT209495
There you go. A payment card such as visa is absolutely eligible for express transit pay, that's the point of the MTA's new system. It's also rumoured to be coming to TfL - https://www.macrumors.com/2019/05/30/apple-pay-express-transit-coming-to-london/ - and if there was any doubt in your mind about not needing to authenticate in the case of express transit, right now without express transit they need to authenticate and it'd be borderline farcical to introduce a new system that worked exactly the same way as the old one.
You are still not correct, see the screenshot below. Note the “eligible for express transit”. That’s the caveat. But you were real quick to throw an insult.
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Right, and what that screen shot tells me is the Suica card is express transit (whatever Suica is) and the Wells Fargo cars based on the screenshot is eligible for express transit.I am correct, so let's continue. You note a caveat but you don't seem to understand exactly what that caveat means. Here's a Visa Credit card being used as an express transit card.
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Right, and what that screen shot tells me is the Suica card is express transit (whatever Suica is) and the Wells Fargo cars based on the screenshot is eligible for express transit.
But that is not what the MTA faq implies that they use express transit. So in different systems it seems to be “different.”
Some who has used the new tap to in the MTA can comment.
But do you have to authenticate the way you do with ApplePay generally, or is this faster?