Hey there, I’m looking for an alternative to Google pay that’ll allow me to use NFC payments etc. Thoughts?

I don’t have a Google account, nor am I interested in opening one.

E: Just to clarify, the payment part would be convenient, more annoying is how I don’t get to use a single place for my subway/gym/ticketmaster passes.

  • @RubberElectrons@lemmy.worldOP
    1•2 months ago

    I really like these ideas. I’ll think about something like this while I’m working, maybe do a bit of reading at lunch.

    How much data could an amiibo have that a CC wouldn’t?

    • @NoneYa@lemm.ee
      2•2 months ago

      I’m using an app on my iPhone called NFC Tools right now to do this so I can get you the numbers.

      I just scanned one of my Amiibo tags (Legend of Zelda - Link, 8-bit) and it says that it is 540 bytes in size. This was one I copied over to an existing tag. It says it is 135 pages (4 bytes each).

      Meanwhile scanning my debit card doesn’t seem to give me a size…

      Here are screenshots so you can see what I see:

      Amiibo

      Debit card

      And I also captured the signal when trying to do Apple Pay from my Apple Watch and this was the result

      Apple Watch

      I’m guessing these are encrypted which is why I don’t get the same data and makes sense now that I think about it. You could do some heavy damage to someone through this method if left open.