Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoEngland Trials Smartphone Rail Payment System with Real-Time Phone Location Trackingwww.gov.ukexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoSo they’ve created a dependency on your phone’s location service being always on for what reason, exactly? Why is this not needed anywhere else that contactless payment for transit services has been successfully implemented?
minus-squarelemmeLurk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoOne of them actually being London. They had contactless pay with Google pay there for years already, without location service. You tab to go on and tab when you exit the metro
So they’ve created a dependency on your phone’s location service being always on for what reason, exactly?
Why is this not needed anywhere else that contactless payment for transit services has been successfully implemented?
One of them actually being London. They had contactless pay with Google pay there for years already, without location service. You tab to go on and tab when you exit the metro