Coin

#1

Post by xuki » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 5:22 PM UTC

Coin
onlycoin.com

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#2

Post by sidcool » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 5:29 PM UTC

The same link has been submitted thrice with different accounts and upvoted to 3 points.

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#3

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 5:38 PM UTC

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#4

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 5:43 PM UTC

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#5

Post by ck2 » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 5:48 PM UTC

Swipe something user-programmable through a merchant machine.

That might not end well. But I guess that has been an open security hole for a long time now, hopefully has been addressed.

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#6

Post by minimaxir » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 5:48 PM UTC

sidcool wrote: post #2

The same link has been submitted thrice with different accounts and upvoted to 3 points.

It appears the release was embargoed for 12PM EST, so it's not surprising that people submitted simultaneously.

It is surprising, however, that all of them received a significant amount of upvotes.

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#7

Post by nobodysfool » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 5:51 PM UTC

Merchants are not going to accept this, it's the same as a CNP transaction.

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#8

Post by sejje » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 5:53 PM UTC

This is a very cool gadget, but I think it's a strange name.

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#9

Post by FaceKicker » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 5:56 PM UTC

"Works like a debit card when you swipe it" - I'd probably get this if I wouldn't effectively be paying several hundreds of dollars per year for it in losses of credit card rewards.

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#10

Post by UVB-76 » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 5:57 PM UTC

Are the card issuers going to be happy about what amounts to card cloning, or am I missing something here?