u/MARY_ANNE_MCGILICUTY

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MARY_ANNE_MCGILICUTY

transgender boogeymen are gonna break your hands if you try to learn piano after age 18 sorry

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sometimes you just want to smurf the fuck out of things

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my dear, you could play this instrument with your teeth and it would still be 'playing bass'. if a pick is foreign to bass then so is slapping.

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This is an AI summary but this is my career and I can confirm it's fairly accurate.

Near-Field Communication (NFC) is secured through a combination of physical proximity limits, hardware isolation, encryption, and tokenization. [1, 2]

Core Security Layers

  • Short-Range Proximity: NFC operates over an extremely short range (typically under 4 centimeters or 1.5 inches) using inductive coupling. This tight limit makes accidental activation or distant eavesdropping very difficult.
  • Tokenization: In contactless payments (such as via Apple Pay or Google Pay), your real credit or debit card number is never transmitted. Instead, the system uses a unique, single-use digital token for that specific transaction.
  • Secure Elements: Smartphones and smart cards often store sensitive cryptographic keys and payment data inside a dedicated, hardware-isolated Secure Element chip that is separated from the main operating system.
  • Device Authentication: Mobile NFC transactions require user verification—such as a passcode, fingerprint scan, or facial recognition—before the radio signal activates.
  • Dynamic Codes and Handshakes: When devices connect, they perform a rapid cryptographic handshake and generate dynamic, one-time authentication codes so data cannot be captured and replayed. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

Potential Risks and Mitigations

  • Relay Attacks / Skimming: Attackers can theoretically use specialized hardware to relay NFC signals over longer distances. Banks mitigate this with real-time fraud monitoring, transaction limits, and requiring PINs or biometrics for larger amounts.
  • Public NFC Tags: Writing malicious links or commands onto public NFC tags can trick phones into opening unsafe websites. You can reduce risk by disabling NFC in your phone's settings when it is not actively needed. [1, 2, 3, 10]

If you'd like, I can explain how NFC compares in safety to Bluetooth, or share tips on how to lock down NFC settings on your specific phone.

[1] https://stripe.com [2] https://electronics.howstuffworks.com [3] https://www.huntress.com [4] https://www.youtube.com [5] https://www.youtube.com [6] https://rfidtag.com [7] https://blog.clover.com [8] https://www.youtube.com [9] https://stripe.com [10] https://nordvpn.com

MARY_ANNE_MCGILICUTY

do it like you're gently tickling your bass' balls

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that's the problem authentication is addressing though. there's just not a perfect solution as technically any token can be stolen or faked.

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my brother in Christ, Authentication is one of the 3 corners of the information security triangle. We have been focusing on this problem for decades.

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meanwhile, at Wube: 'now 200% of the player base is trans fem! what the hell is going on?!'

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if you let it spoil you get an achievement and the FBI arrests you for Un-American Activities.

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penis falls off and starts spoiling as soon as you land and you have to rush bioflux to preserve it until you can reattach it on Aquilo

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don't forget that if any of our soldiers ever get tired by the ICC, we are statutorily bound to invade the Netherlands to stop it.

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OP get an undercoat brush like the Furmimator and teach the kid to use that instead.

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thank you for not fucking her up for years by mocking her interests, it fucking sucks to have a parent who can't shut the fuck up about their negative opinions about bullshit like art

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we need to ban all Assigned Tall At Birth (ATAB) people from sports due to their unfair biological advantage

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'already owning another DAW?' is terrible English. Hire a copyeditor! It should read 'Already own another DAW?'.

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average emotionally immature person: 'why do I feel like a failure? Is it that our society is a perversion which forces us to toil to make a few ultra rich people richer, while it attempts to give us as little as it possibly can in return?'

The ultra rich: 'no! it is the gay-jew-black-trans-other-religions!'

person: 'ooooooh, so there IS someone specific to blame and it's the vulnerable!!!'

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go take estrogen

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at the local robot combat arena (Battle Bots but lighter weight caps) they drop damage L-ion into a steel bucket full of water with a few inches of sand on the bottom. Water absorbs and dissipates the heat and discharges the battery, the sand keeps it from melting through the bottom until it's discharged and cooled.

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bro moisturizer your shit... it looks like your exclusively use pull offs to play

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I was never a huge piece of shit like that sorry

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an alcoholic who gets his ideas on masculinity from joe roegan and also happens to be the defense secretary for the US government

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it's so fucking bad for your joints lmao

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Where does the word 'bad' come from?

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that's possibly more trans fem than the bass