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shmerl	2013-05-23 , 21:52
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@mikecomputing: Jolla needs to be competitive. Competing on privacy/security (in addition to other things of course) gives them an advantage, since many ignore this completely.

Originally Posted by eerde

If a new smartphone does not have NFC the comments are: "Bad fone not even NFC" if it does have NFC the comments are: "NFC... sooooo unsecure this new technology

Using NFC doesn't preclude keeping the result secure. Just don't send the data in open over it. Encrypt, and then send it over NFC. No rocket science. But... You need to pay attention to this in order to get the right result. I was saying that most manufacturers don't do it.

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