It's still the same standard. They're just able to identify the provider in the data stream somewhere. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to have a contactless limit that is variably enforced.
I guess they're referring to non-authenticated plastic cards with NFC. Kind of off-topic, really. Thieves in close proximity could get a one-time use token to charge once that way. With a phone, it has to be unlocked/authenticated before a transaction is actually processed.
It's not Apple's own one-time function. It's just contactless EMV, which uses NFC. It works more or less the same as chip cards, just wirelessly. It works exactly the same as standard contactless chip cards (e.g. payWave, PayPass, ExpressPay).
Not that I trust Google as the arbiter of my finances, but this beats card issuers directly issuing your phone as a card. Imagine having a different app for each issuing bank, and having to switch apps before scanning at the register.
And an open standard is just wide open for abuse, as the details for how the security tokens are stored on the phone is public knowledge - not something card issuers are going to want to do. And that would open up the end-user to having to maintain PCI compliance - banks won't take that liability. They need someone to blame.
Why not just make a single standard NFC Pay that any phone with NFC can implement?
Because someone has to move the money. These don't store the card so much as proxy charges to the card.
The standard is contactless EMV. But someone has to actually handle moving the charging your real card whenever the virtual EMV card is charged.
No one has to accept Samsung Pay or Apple Pay or Android Pay, because on the hardware side your phone just looks like a contactless chip card (aka PayPass, ExpressPay, payWave, etc)
LG is an electronics company. This is not a new standard. This is just another contactless EMV proxy payment service. It uses the same "standard" as Apple Pay, Android Pay, and Samsung Pay (and doesn't actually require special support to accept payment).
They also badly match songs and if your rip is better quality or from a slightly different recording, you get their version anyway. There are songs on Amazon that have album art from a completely different artist.
You can always use cloud fingerprinting when metadata is missing without actually playing from the cloud. That can be covered whenever the library is indexed. I have a lot of music with more correct metadata where cloud services won't actually be able to find what I ask for.
I prefer the old fashioned way - buying the device itself. I would pay a lot more for a device that's designed to actually do what I want it to do. In fact, most of the home automation devices these connect to follow that pricing model.
Bootlegged MP3's? Because someone can't rip CD's to a perfectly serviceable format? CDs - especially used - are dirt cheap and they make just as good of digital content as native digital as well as serving as their own backup.
What about legit MP3's purchased from anywhere? I want my iTunes-purchased AACs and Amazon and Google Play purchased MP3's working with any system without uploading them to the cloud. They're already in my house - there's no need to upload them and stream them from outside. And then pay a monthly/yearly hosting fee for the privilege if my library is large enough.
Samba is just one example. What about DLNA? Even Sony supports that with their consoles, and they love proprietary formats and systems.
Walled gardens have got to go. There's no reason to not offer standard APIs for these services so that "smart" devices can discover or link to anything without built-in support.
Seriously, there has yet to be a voice-activated home speaker that will play music that you have stored on a computer. This Siri device is likely closest, since it will probably work with iTunes home sharing, but no support for an SMB share full of music files.
If you want a device to sit in a home for years, it has to be able to grow and adapt. There is just no place for vendor lock-in here.
Next time, you don't want to take the risk. The first time, you have no idea what hotel is worth staying at because you can't trust price or reviews. What you say is only true if you never travel to the same city twice or don't care about the quality of your actual stay.
Which isn't smart. After finding something through a travel site, I'm likely to book directly on my next stay - unless that stay was terrible. Loyalty is still a thing, because price isn't everything and even expensive hotels are sometimes a dump.
FTFY. Do we really understand the human body so well that we know that nothing else would react to those in the same way? Particularly, other parts of the body with flagella - like the cilia in the respiratory tract.
They already have a warehouse in NY. They already have to collect. I'm sure when they started out they put their NYC area warehouses in New Jersey to attract tax-free buyers, but the demand is just so high.
That's not the reason for those (most like) unless you get a voicemail afterward. Scammer telemarketers will ring 5-10 numbers at a time (or more) and disconnect all but the first person who answered. This way operators don't waste time not being on a call.
Your average cigarette smoker probably smokes way more than 10 times more frequently than your average pot-head
And that alone gives your body time to recover. Having enough recovery time would mean a lower overall cancer risk - because it's not just accumulation of toxic substances, it's also inflammation. And inflammation that isn't continuous is much less dangerous to long-term health.
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I don't see why commercial interests should be able to spoof their CallerID even after verification. What makes them so special?
Spoofing has a legitimate purpose. Like if you own multiple lines and you want all outbound calls to show as coming from your primary phone number.
AKA contactless EMV, which is what I said.
It's still the same standard. They're just able to identify the provider in the data stream somewhere. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to have a contactless limit that is variably enforced.
I'm pretty sure that in addition to the on-time-use token, you also get a lot of the same data that's stored on the mag stripe - including the primary card number. In multiple places.
I guess they're referring to non-authenticated plastic cards with NFC. Kind of off-topic, really. Thieves in close proximity could get a one-time use token to charge once that way. With a phone, it has to be unlocked/authenticated before a transaction is actually processed.
It's not Apple's own one-time function. It's just contactless EMV, which uses NFC. It works more or less the same as chip cards, just wirelessly. It works exactly the same as standard contactless chip cards (e.g. payWave, PayPass, ExpressPay).
Not that I trust Google as the arbiter of my finances, but this beats card issuers directly issuing your phone as a card. Imagine having a different app for each issuing bank, and having to switch apps before scanning at the register.
And an open standard is just wide open for abuse, as the details for how the security tokens are stored on the phone is public knowledge - not something card issuers are going to want to do. And that would open up the end-user to having to maintain PCI compliance - banks won't take that liability. They need someone to blame.
Why not just make a single standard NFC Pay that any phone with NFC can implement?
Because someone has to move the money. These don't store the card so much as proxy charges to the card.
The standard is contactless EMV. But someone has to actually handle moving the charging your real card whenever the virtual EMV card is charged.
No one has to accept Samsung Pay or Apple Pay or Android Pay, because on the hardware side your phone just looks like a contactless chip card (aka PayPass, ExpressPay, payWave, etc)
LG is an electronics company. This is not a new standard. This is just another contactless EMV proxy payment service. It uses the same "standard" as Apple Pay, Android Pay, and Samsung Pay (and doesn't actually require special support to accept payment).
They also badly match songs and if your rip is better quality or from a slightly different recording, you get their version anyway. There are songs on Amazon that have album art from a completely different artist.
You can always use cloud fingerprinting when metadata is missing without actually playing from the cloud. That can be covered whenever the library is indexed. I have a lot of music with more correct metadata where cloud services won't actually be able to find what I ask for.
The issue is how they monetize the customer.
I prefer the old fashioned way - buying the device itself. I would pay a lot more for a device that's designed to actually do what I want it to do. In fact, most of the home automation devices these connect to follow that pricing model.
Bootlegged MP3's? Because someone can't rip CD's to a perfectly serviceable format? CDs - especially used - are dirt cheap and they make just as good of digital content as native digital as well as serving as their own backup.
What about legit MP3's purchased from anywhere? I want my iTunes-purchased AACs and Amazon and Google Play purchased MP3's working with any system without uploading them to the cloud. They're already in my house - there's no need to upload them and stream them from outside. And then pay a monthly/yearly hosting fee for the privilege if my library is large enough.
Samba is just one example. What about DLNA? Even Sony supports that with their consoles, and they love proprietary formats and systems.
Walled gardens have got to go. There's no reason to not offer standard APIs for these services so that "smart" devices can discover or link to anything without built-in support.
Seriously, there has yet to be a voice-activated home speaker that will play music that you have stored on a computer. This Siri device is likely closest, since it will probably work with iTunes home sharing, but no support for an SMB share full of music files.
If you want a device to sit in a home for years, it has to be able to grow and adapt. There is just no place for vendor lock-in here.
When they say "only in theaters" in the trailer, they only mean for a few months. Netflix will send you the disc by mail if you're patient.
Blu-Ray hasn't been cracked yet.
Really? I have my whole movie library on network storage - including Blu-Rays. I haven't yet hit a movie I can't rip.
Next time, you don't want to take the risk. The first time, you have no idea what hotel is worth staying at because you can't trust price or reviews. What you say is only true if you never travel to the same city twice or don't care about the quality of your actual stay.
Which isn't smart. After finding something through a travel site, I'm likely to book directly on my next stay - unless that stay was terrible. Loyalty is still a thing, because price isn't everything and even expensive hotels are sometimes a dump.
Daylight savings time only ends one day a year, though.
no known side-effects.
FTFY. Do we really understand the human body so well that we know that nothing else would react to those in the same way? Particularly, other parts of the body with flagella - like the cilia in the respiratory tract.
license plate scanning can be disabled from Amazon's website.
So the scanner will scan your license plate and then know that you're not supposed to get scanned. Got it.
Or maybe it's a big on/off button that everyone gets to fight over. You turn it on, then I log in and turn it back off.
Is running a sole proprietor business a "gig"? Or is that too formal to count? It's the same exact thing with even more volatility.
At this point, even MS Edge is better than Chrome. I only use it because I like the UI and inspector.
They already have a warehouse in NY. They already have to collect. I'm sure when they started out they put their NYC area warehouses in New Jersey to attract tax-free buyers, but the demand is just so high.
Are your nearby hospitals in your address book? Your kids' schools? All the places where you might have or make appointments?
And further, if they don't use caller ID spoofing you have to have all of their outbound/rollover line numbers.
That's not the reason for those (most like) unless you get a voicemail afterward. Scammer telemarketers will ring 5-10 numbers at a time (or more) and disconnect all but the first person who answered. This way operators don't waste time not being on a call.
As they said:
Your average cigarette smoker probably smokes way more than 10 times more frequently than your average pot-head
And that alone gives your body time to recover. Having enough recovery time would mean a lower overall cancer risk - because it's not just accumulation of toxic substances, it's also inflammation. And inflammation that isn't continuous is much less dangerous to long-term health.