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Default MW spies, you fell for it?

On 6/28/2017 11:06 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 4:52:35 PM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 6/28/2017 9:16 PM, dsi1 wrote:
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>>> I was at Walgreens yesterday and commented on the contactless terminal. "Can people make payments using their phones?" She said she thought so. I told her it's kind a scary thing to do. One of these days, I'm gonna pull the lever and use my phone. My guess is that in 5 years or less, most POS payments will be made this way. Yoose guys better get a smart phone pronto.
>>>

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>> There are at least three or four programs that allow you to do that.
>> Another thing I've noticed, a lot of stores no longer require you to
>> sign when you make a purchase. Twice I paid $300+ and no sig reqired.

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> I'd like to be able to make a payment using a smart watch.
>


I like new technology and no offense but those apple smart watches seem
like such a waste of money. As long as we consumers buy "new toys" the
companies will keep making them. Then 6 months later they offer an
upgrade just to snitch more money out of your bank account. heheh