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See my other comment on this post
Nice meme, but for us out there with at least a fully virtual card (some companies provide such benefits), we need a real MyAss-Pay alternative
I recently found Walt, but it’s a work in progress for now. The app is avalaible though
I’ll do one better:
My payment card was just a bit too wide to fit in my cellphone’s cover. The phone’s own NFC antenna is at the top - and I use it all the time - so the card had to be at the bottom of the cover to avoid triggering the phone all the time, in portrait orientation so-to-speak.
So I dissolved the card in acetone to extract the NFC chip and its antenna, then carefully reshaped one end of the antenna so it’s a bit less wide (and since I couldn’t modify the length of the wire or the number of turns in any way to avoid de-tuning the antenna too much, I sort of accordioned one side of the rectangle to accommodate the extra length of wire).
Then I set the new shape of the antenna permanently by carefully applying a piece of packing tape over it, flipped it over, taped over the other side to seal everything, then carefully cut around the new, ultra-thin, stubbier contactless payment “card”.
Now it fits really smartly in my cellphone cover!
I just wanted to say your dad is definitely proud of you dude
You just had to 1-up everyone here…
>ExtremeDullard
>most interesting post???
You clever, I like.
I am surprised that no one sells cases designed for exactly this
Well, what if you need an actual card for identification in the bank or something similar? Do you just show them the dissolved one?
Don’t know about OP but gov ID works for that purpose. I’m more worried about when they go to a store that doesn’t accept tap.
The only time I’ve gone to my bank in the last 20 years was to get a new card, or to open a new account at a new bank.
You are fucking crazy. I love you.
Next time someone calls me a maniac, I’ll show them this.
Definitely doesn’t live up to their username.
The fact it’s secured with a piece of sellotape is just *chef’s kiss*.
Amazing, I have never thought of that! I have always carried my card behind the phone, which is a bit too thick for my liking, but this is such a great idea, thanks for sharing!
I love this.
I dissolved the card in acetone to extract the NFC chip and its antenna,
Wouldn’t the acetone also dissolve the insulation around the antenna wire? So when it touches itself, it shorts itself out, and – electrically speaking – you only have one turn of thicker wire?
Wire that thin is usually insulated with an enamel coating. I’d guess it’s either unaffected by acetone, or just tougher to breakdown. Allow the card to dissolve, but remove and dry asap, don’t let it linger longer than necessary.
Veritasium demoed this a few weeks ago while discussing tap-to-pay security and a vulnerability with apple pay+visa.
Only one way to find out, good thing that these don’t cost any money and you can just ask for a new one.
Maybe take some cash out first to cover any payments you may need to make it it breaks in some way.
If OP is using it and is happy with it, maybe one turn of wire is enough for it to still work, maybe with reduced range?
My guess is it wouldn’t work. On a magnetic antenna, the number of turns don’t affect range, but they do affect the frequency to which the antenna is tuned. It needs to be tuned roughly to the frequency the protocol operates on, otherwise it won’t work. In addition to that, these antennas also need to pick up power, which is also relative to the number of turns.
Seems like something to experiment with at some point. I do have access to test contactless card readers but not sure how they would feel about me destroying the test cards.
Well if it dissolved any insulation, it will not work, as the coil isnt even coiling. It is not a one big coil buy just two ends shorted(or as in the picture, a very small coil. Since this works i can only conclude coating does not dissolve in acetone
It depends on the insulation used, which can vary a lot for thin enameled wire.
Ty, great idea will try it
Maybe a solution similar to this could work: https://github.com/nfcgate/nfcgate/blob/v2/doc/mode/Relay.md
Have the card at home sitting on a reader connected to your homelab, add NFC module to PinePhone and simply relay the traffic over network.
Some banks issue stickers for phones without NFC. It’s another physical card but contactless only and very thin (probably with an aluminum strip antenna).
Or you can just keep your card in your wallet, like you have done for decades
The privileged have to invent their own problems.
The problem is that I don’t cary my wallet with me for pretty much a decade now.
Didn’t have to carry a phone for decades.
Now I don’t have to carry a wallet and multiple cards 🤷♂️
Gotta carry ID, what’s one more card?
Take that Android! This works even with the phone powered off! It works even without the phone at all!
Wait…
What does this even mean?
Screen side with call buttons
You could put the rubber bands in between the phone and the case, so it’s not on top of the screen.
Ewww using a case.
Ah, now I see it. Thanks!
Would be easy enough to print a custom case for this
Delete Plasma Mobile, get SXMO, disable touchscreen then accept calls with side buttons, ez
Yeah just use glue, smh my head.
You seem to have been sniffing some to be smacking your head’s head.
shaking my head my head
Ironic it’s a monobank card, it’s mobile only and you have to use a locked unrooted googled phone (or an iPhone) because big brother said so.
TLDR: some woman did a facial recognition log in method, the bank said that the photos are not stored and deleted instantly, but because there was a Slovenian flag (looked like russian in the photo)in the background, she got her bank account blocked and the CEO posted the verification image online
Edit: wrong link
I opened an account with starling partly because they have a real webapp, but you have to fucking log in with your phone, which is half the reason I want a webapp: because fetching your phone when you’re already at your computer is just a ballache
Hope that doesn’t get too popular, I don’t want to have to carry a second phone just to make payments when I can use a much smaller card instead.
Just get this phone - a bit thick, but very pocketable.
In other news, cash is foldable.
Good luck folding £100 without having a pretty big bulge in your phone case.
I don’t have british pounds at hand so can’t test… Why are you putting valuable stuff next to more valuable stuff, anyway? Like to have everything stolen in one go?
No website / desktop access?
Nope. The website says “get app” like 4 times. There’s a webapp but it’s for business stats only (like if you own a cafe). They are just trying to “appeal to the younger generation”, and one part of that is the app that spams emojis everywhere. Another part of that is furry stickers (“qr cat”) believe it or not; in physical, Telegram and Viber because everything in this damn country is held together by Telegram and Viber.
Nope, the point of this bank is that it’s mobile only. No offices, no webapp.
Nobody here mention security?
Like with passkeys (getting better though) and encrypted RCS messages, this is a proprietary standard that still sadly offers way more security.
It is token based afaik and the secret is never shared or even readable by an attacker. This card can be stolen with a single swipe, all that is protecting you is the banking system being overly cautious and expecting their systems to fail, so you need to enter a pin code on higher transactions or your card is simply locked.
Paying with VISA card online is insane from a security perspective, made slightly less bad by requiring authentication with a proprietary TAN app.
I’ve got this papery stuff, and circley metal discs that works in most places. Unfortunately it does have pictures glorifying some family of depraved paedos on it , but not easy to avoid that.
Carrying an actual wallet all the time is pretty inconvenient, but honestly, I’ve been considering getting back into cash for 2 reasons: 1) If more people use cash, it’s harder to legislate it away altogether and 2) so small-time vendors don’t have to pay taxes. I don’t mean the local grocery store (the big chains get audited anyway), I mean the person with a stall selling homemade smoked sausages in front of a store, or the guy by the road who sells smoked fish from the nearby lake.
Also euro banknotes don’t have people on it to avoid the whole paedo glorification thing, so that’s cool
If you live in a country with 19th century banking where people still pay each other by IOU on little pieces of paper, then sure. In modern countries a lot of places only take electronic payments.
It’s ok, there are temples around the country that will vouchsafe your ability to pay
In my country there are both places that only accept electronic payments and places that only accept paper IOUs. Go figure.
I don’t go to those places, don’t need their stuff.
Don’t need much stuff really.
Glad to live in 3rd world shithole.
I refuse to shop at a place that doesn’t do cash.
But my Nokia C2-01 is smaller than my card…
I got a case with magsafe and a magsafe card wallet, that also works and you can have more cards too
Same, though it’s built-in to my phone, just needed the ‘wallet’ to attach
I don’t even have a physical card (I have a virtual one). But fuck cards, it’s a waste of plastic.
How do you pay with virtual card without google pay?
You’re saving a lot of money that way
Can I use my Apple Card?
