Try getting back into the office when there is a fire alarm test and security ask you for you id.
I my office we have to wear our photo id's all the time.
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iOS 12 to Allow iPhones to Unlock Doors Via NFC
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Try getting back into the office when there is a fire alarm test and security ask you for you id.
I my office we have to wear our photo id's all the time.
You can buy NFC tags and program them yourself.
Nokia had then years ago. Check on Amazon.
Not everyone has a work ID.
I have a keyfob I need to carry around which means I need to carry my keys around with me all day. Being able to access doors with my phone would be very welcome.
The vast majority of iPhone owners don't also own an Apple Watch. Fine to have it available on both devices, but limiting to the Watch means excluding a lot of people.
We use these amazing little devices, called metal keys... they're VERY cheap, use an extremely well established and tested technology called mechanical levers, and are immensely difficult to pick or bypass. Furthermore, they require NO electricity to operate, and do not require the use of a smartphone (which is handy if your battery is dead).
Let's face it - if someone wants to get in badly enough they WILL smash your door off its hinges, simple as, and your fancy schamncy NFC locks ain't gonna resist a sledgehammer!
Here's some stupid to keep you occupied:
https://readwrite.com/2017/08/16/latest-smart-lock-faso-dl1/
Let's face it - if someone wants to get in badly enough they WILL smash your door off its hinges, simple as, and your fancy schamncy NFC locks ain't gonna resist a sledgehammer!
Here's some stupid to keep you occupied:
https://readwrite.com/2017/08/16/latest-smart-lock-faso-dl1/
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I don’t think a dead battery needs to stop it working.
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Our front door lock tumbler doesn’t work - bought the house like that a year ago.
FYI, it has already been done, there is/was a cafe/bar in the Netherlands where people paid their drinks by touching a terminal, they had implants.
Keep my work ID with my license, in my wallet. I want this feature really bad, and work already has HID readers that activate with Apple Pay
At the very least, iPhone 7 or later I'd figure. iPhone 7 is needed for the Libre Freestyle app to read NFC sensors.
[doublepost=1527539147][/doublepost]In the US, from a payment point of view, if it is anything like they've done in Canada, it is restricted to the Costco aligned credit card of choice, Mastercard only. Additionally, banks will likely place a $100 limit on NFC transactions, so... good luck on a shopping trip.
I like the idea of tapping my wallet or phone on a spot for card verification, but really, there will always be staff at the front of the store ensuring people shopping together present a card. I'm stuck waiting at a line to check out, so really, getting the card out of my pocket that I presented earlier isn't that big of a thing.
By this logic, why do you drive a car when you have feet? They don't require gas or electricity to run, which is handy when your car's battery dies or if it runs out of gas. And do you have an electric garage door and opener? Most home owners do, so those of us that live in our own homes, already use a very similar technology. Did you ever contemplate that?We use these amazing little devices, called metal keys... they're VERY cheap, use an extremely well established and tested technology called mechanical levers, and are immensely difficult to pick or bypass. Furthermore, they require NO electricity to operate, and do not require the use of a smartphone (which is handy if your battery is dead).
Let's face it - if someone wants to get in badly enough they WILL smash your door off its hinges, simple as, and your fancy schamncy NFC locks ain't gonna resist a sledgehammer!
Here's some stupid to keep you occupied:
https://readwrite.com/2017/08/16/latest-smart-lock-faso-dl1/
BTW, I have no keys. No keys for my car or my house. They aren't needed. It's old tech.
I install access control, have been seeing a lot of companies buying our nfc ready card readers. Just an FYI
Disney MagicBands and RFID cards seem to be 13.56MHz - the iPhone and Watch should support them. Would be nice to not have to bring that to Disney since they already take Apple Pay as well.
I don't know if Disney would be willing to use them, though - since MagicBands also use 2.4GHz and they track you literally everywhere you go.
I don't know if Disney would be willing to use them, though - since MagicBands also use 2.4GHz and they track you literally everywhere you go.
Until Costco also allows mobile membership cards, Apple Pay at Costco won’t get much use.
The reason why Costco is resisting mobile membership is membership sharing. There’s nothing stopping someone from loading their membership card on their friend’s phone.
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That’s Apple Pay, to be fair. After all the nonsense about NFC being ignored and then held back by Apple, it’s frustrating to see the inevitable happening so late in the game and for consumers to have missed out on so many years’ progress. Pity those who bought existing HomePods and smart locks, and those who have been kept waiting so long for this fundamental feature.
I assume you're suggesting everyone just comes into their house from their garage entryway? I think you have a slightly skewed idea how many people live in a house with an attached garage. Also you're assuming there's room in the garage for all vehicles. I live in a house with an attached garage but 90% of the time it's someone else parked in it and I'm parking in the driveway and entering via the front door.
While there are many use cases for metal keys, in an environment where you have tens, hundreds or potentially thousands of people using a door and you want to maintain a certain level of security metal keys are not feasible. Do you re-core the locks and re-key everyone everytime someone loses a key or leaves the company?
The HID solution in the photo already allows Bluetooth LE entry using a mobile credential on iOS - this rumor sounds like it would expand to allow NFC which I would expect to be a faster experience for the user as there is a slight delay in using BLE when you hold your phone up to the reader.
I don’t know about that theory. I still enter through the garage door after parking in the driveway by use of a PIN pad on the door. Hell, even if I’m using the train and bus that day I enter through the garage door.
So you run a large motorized door to enter your house rather then just opening your front door with you own arm? Wow. No comment on that one.
My point is simply a large swath of the population in our country lives in dwellings besides houses with attached garages, yet you make it sound like having to use the front door is some completely foreign concept to Americans.
Yes we do. And now we have the MyQ garage door opener, it’s even better to run the door from the phone when entering the house. Even when I took the train to work.So you run a large motorized door to enter your house rather then just opening your front door with you own arm? Wow. No comment on that one.
My point is simply a large swath of the population in our country lives in dwellings besides houses with attached garages, yet you make it sound like having to use the front door is some completely foreign concept to Americans.
Most people on my street do the same thing, using the garage door as their main door. Even letting guests in through there instead of a front door. In fact I don’t even remember the last time I’ve used the front door. Probably 2 years ago.