kormax

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   by kormax 1y ago

   Author of the "Osaifu-Keitai-Google-Pixel" article here. There's a big chance that Apple does not eat the cost for Osaifu-Keitai actually, as they may have a sweet-heart deal, hinted by an article from watch.impress [1], whic
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   by kormax 2y ago

   That's a fair argument. As far as I know, no existing transit card in Apple wallet is fully secure in this regard. All of them (value-based ones like Calypso/Mifare/FeliCa/TUnion) have at least a couple of sectors/f
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   by kormax 2y ago

   The reason why only the G3 supports Apple Wallet is exactly because of the NFC chip. Otherwise, they are completely the same hardware, and mostly the same software. Thing is, the PN7160 chip used in G2 does not support Apple's propriet
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   by kormax 2y ago

   My guess is that there's some city or transit system which needs the UID to be static for one reason or another, like in order to avoid double charging the same user if they accidentally scan their card multiple times. The T-Union card
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   by kormax 2y ago

   They could not implement "Home Key", because Apple requires that compatible devices are implemented as a single unit, containing reader + lock. This limitation was added precisely as to prevent HomeKey from cannibalizing that swee
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   by kormax 2y ago

   Hi, I'm the author behind the article referenced in this post. As far as I know, Ubiquiti is not responsible for this 5$ per year "tax". Apple takes about 3$ per user per year for usage of "Apple Access Platform", a