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The Timex Speedpass Watch
RedWolves2 writes "Timex Corporation is developing a watch which incorporates Speedpass technology embedded into it. McDonalds has also partnered with Speedpass with 400 stores in the Chicago area that accept speedpass. Now you can order a value meal like this "You will serve me a Big Mac Meal with a Coke!" (While waving your hand like a Jedi Knight using the Jedi Mind trick)."
Heh, user puts on speedpass watch and forgets he/she's wearing it and at a visit to a speedpass supported gas station, walks a wee bit too close to the pumps...
FREE GASOLINE! just not for YOU!
Cant imagine the MULTIPLE ways this watch could get abused.. it hooks up to your creditcard so hell, I'd rather have my speedpass on a seperate thing to make SURE nothing gets charged to it by accident!
Well.. I saw a movie the other day (70s movie) where a guy goes to McDonalds and gets served in an instant. Wow. That's never happened to me. The movie was some Time Machine thing with the main characters HG Wells and Jack the Ripper. Can't remember the title.
Does the watch incorporate a timer between the time I pay and the time I get served, and start beeping (indicating I will get my meal free, and automatically reversing the transaction) when the doofus behind the counter still hasn't served me my McChicken and Fries within the time limit I specify?
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Wouldn't these things be pretty prone to EMI?
Also.... I'm not sure if this is an issue, but what if it runs out of batteries?
Or... even better yet... what if someone makes a "speedpass scanner" and walks around a mall for an afternoon, leeching from everyone closeby.
Seems pretty exploitable...anyone have experience with these? I would imagine that having these more widespread would open them up to more problems.
-kwishot
I'm not to sure on the exact specifications of the speedpass system, but it would seem to me that anything that can transmit a signal to another unit (the reader) would also, in theory, be able to transmit the signal to an interceptor. It's only a matter of time before someone thinks up a way in which to pick up the speedpass xfers and reprogram/program 'new' ones with the information from others. These watches would mean that people could snipe the information in other locations (the office... or any other place someone might wear a watch, but normally not have their speedpass button available) and not just at gas stations.
Anyone?
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From what I can see from the speedpass website there is no authentification to verify that the possesor of the speedpass is really the owner. A speedpass is the electronic equivalent of a blank cashiers check to my bank account, so if I lose a speedpass I lose the equivalent of my credit card plus my pin code! Am I willing to risk this just so I can wave my wrist/keys without having to type a PIN? NO! I may be lazy, but not stupid.
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FastPass! Dont make me laugh. Fast food restaurants still have a hard time accepting CASH. Get McDonalds to Accept CASH (2 dollar bills) first.
Yup you heard me... for laughs I carry around 2 dollar bills with me to cause trouble at institutional minded stores and fast food empires that lack places to tuck away Half dollars, susan B coins, 2 dollar bills, and golden dollar coins. I like to force 2 dollar bills on rigid institutions.
But that is not all I do, I act like I am low on coins, hunting my pockets, then finally producing a 2 dollar bill or two to complete a purchase, avertIng my gaze "nervously".
I act as if it is a non-valid note.
Guess what? Innercity dwelling teen females usually have to go get the manager to see if such as thing (a US 2 dollar bill) is legal tender and truly act as if they have a counterfeitter standing before them.
Sometimes it causes quit a stir.
I tried using a 50 dollar bill on a 37 dollar purchase at an Arbys and had to leave my comapanys order because they refused to accept the 50 dollar bill as strict corporate policy.
Under US law all these things are valid for public and private debt so long as no more than 25 of the same coin denomination is used without mutual acceptance.
Only one business has a US federal government exception : Federal Express.
Federal Express in Los Angeles and in autonomous cities in california such as Pasadena are premitted at the FBI's insistence to deny accepting any US currency at their stores and insist on debit and credit cards only.
Other Than Federal Express, everyone else has to accept Federal Reserve notes.... but just try to get them to take a 2 dollar bill.
I think we should start with basics before getting them to use fraud prone SpeedPass.
Actually, that system was very advanced for its time. If you passed the toll station on the Køfri area without a chip in your window, two cameras digitally photograhped your license plate in normal and infrared light. Pictures were stored on MO media for evidence, and the system could react on cars passing as fast as 490 km/h.
So now I am going to have to worry about that roving band of teenage hoodlums breaking into my car to steal my speedpass so they can get their munchie fix at McDonalds?
Having a speed pass visible could get worse than having a radar detector visible. At least with those, they had to resell them to make any money. With a speed pass it is instant cash.
and the Dallas Semiconductor iButton solves all these troubles. holding 64K of internal storage plus a unique serial number can hold your photo and signature, and whatever other info you want. Plus it's more durable than the speedpass, cannot be read without direct contact and you can get them on fossil watches or any other watch on the planet with the watch-band holder. (I prefer my ring)
The coolest part of the iButton is that the reader costs $15.00 at the most expensive and $1.00 in bulk for OEM's. a speedpass reader is more expensive than a smartcard reader.
if Dallas Semiconductors would just push the iButton as hard as their competition pushes the junk products like the speedpass it would take off fast.
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Can someone explain this for the non-Americans? I'm curious... Are $2 and $50 notes/bills rare or discontinued or something? Or is it that cashiers dislike giving change from a $50?