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Fei-Hung on 06 December 2016
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vivster said:
Ka-pi96 said:

Well apart from making it look incredibly easy to get in without scanning your phone (people get on trains without tickets and those barriers actually have gates and guards), it also seems like it would make it incredibly easy to steal someone elses phone, scan than and then take whatever you want and let them pay.

You mean as opposed to credit cards and keys which are unstealable? That fear is irrational. It's just as easy to steal from there at it is in today's markets. The number of thieves won't just increase because it got slightly easier.

And even if. Think about the complete lack of robberies and their related casualties. And if Amazon really thinks too much stuff gets stolen, they will do something about it. It's not like anyone is hurt here.

With keys you immediately know when they are gone and you can change locks. 

 

Credit cards have become a bit more tricky since wireless pay and easier to take details from with the right tools. 

 

My pessimism isn't anymore or less than CCs, but it's the worry of continuation whereby it's adapted in more places, therfore increasing the places where you can have your personal details, cash and more cloned or stolen.

 

I know people who used to do this stuff and they would 6-12 months on stolen details before using them.

 

The consequences can be as much as waiting 3 days before the bank refunds you, the medium which is a domino effect of bills stacking up and extra charges occurring, having to replace bits and pieces that may take a few weeks or the deadly one where you wake up one morning and someone's rented a house under your name, taken out contracts for utilities etc and has started his own urban Mary jane business that gets you arrested at the break of dawn. since nothing was linked to your bank account you didn't know until the rude awakening.