@Edent what's so bad about <div> ... or: Why do you want to avoid them?

[martijn@noisesfrom.space]

@Edent discord was, they finally are starting to change, insanely slacking when it comes to sexual exploitation of children in many of their groups.

It's pretty clear you made up your mind. I find the decentralized nature of Matrix important enough to not completely write it off because of bugs, but to each their own.

[fishidwardrobe@social.tchncs.de]

@Edent i'm starting to wonder if there are any (FOSS) alternatives to HA

[khleedril@cyberplace.social]

@Edent Doesn't this also cause problems with contactless payments?

[geekygirldawn@hachyderm.io]

@Edent I had a similar issue! When I was still here on a work visa, my residence permit card also had a chip. I kept both in passport carrying case and after several rejections at Heathrow, I realized that it would only work if I removed the passport from the case, thus separating the chips.

[simoncox@seocommunity.social]

@Edent
Oh that is interesting! i bet others have this issue and have never considered their ring could be the issue!

[cpswan@hachyderm.io]

@Edent that’s much more interesting than the reason I was told my passport doesn’t work at the eGates; which is apparently that there’s a tiny fold at the top of the page (from repeated use) and the scanning requires such precision that it can’t cope with 1-2mm offset 🤦‍♂️

I miss IRIS

[fbinin@mastodon.fbin.in]

@Edent QQ: is this not a privacy issue?

[edent@mastodon.social]

@fbinin how so?

[fbinin@mastodon.fbin.in]

@Edent I am actually trying to understand if this can be?
I am not from Europe or UK, and I may actually be reading it all wrong altogether, but if the reader is trying to read anything that is NFC, it might also be taking some sort of identity or tracking something? Or is this the normal infrared kind of reader?

[edent@mastodon.social]

@fbinin It is a passport gate.
Yes, it reads information from your passport when you place it in the reader.
So, yes, you need to show your passport to the guards at the border and they will track your entry and exit from the country.

[fbinin@mastodon.fbin.in]

@Edent apologies for my confusion earlier. I guess I read it incorrectly.

[moof@cupoftea.social]

@Edent I’m glad you managed to get the NFC ring working reliably for your needs. Are you going to update that blog post as as longer term review, and what you use it for these days?

I still want some sort of identity token in a ring, it would somehow be a throwback to signet rings. But nobody seems to be making secure tokens on rings any more. Even your ring is no longer available…

[ivor@social.ivor.org]

@Edent mystery solved. 👏 I'm always surprised how many NFC readers fail with multiple cards. (Eg train/tube etc)

[sjjh@hachyderm.io]

@rlonstein @Edent I'm interested to hear this from somebody who has worked with the technology. I've only read about RFID and NFC. The impression I had was that it should be possible to have multiple cards for different purposes present and the reader could select which to communicate with.
That wasn't borne out by my experience however. I couldn't use my office badge if my Oyster card or Southeastern trains Key card was next to it in my card wallet.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@moof it seems to be available at https://getcybernetic.com/product/ring/

There are a few similar products.

As for long term? It is really boring - I just use it as a FIDO token on my laptop and phone.

[moof@cupoftea.social]

@Edent That’s the equivalent of what apple calls passkeys, right?

Do you know of any European manufacturers or any that distribute in Europe?

[edent@mastodon.social]

@moof I'm not in the Apple ecosystem, so I don't know what terminology they use.

No idea about manufacturers, sorry.

[moof@cupoftea.social]

@Edent Thanks anyway. Still quite tempted by this, especially at the new price point.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@fishidwardrobe https://www.openhab.org/

[vale@fedi.vale.rocks]

@Edent@mastodon.social This'll be good to remember when I eventually get around to getting an NFC implant.