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On 23/01/2011 4:34 PM, Sunny wrote:
> "Sylvia Else"<sylvia@not.here.invalid>  wrote in message
> news:8q1nmpF9coU1@mid.individual.net...
>> On 20/01/2011 12:59 PM, Aussie Bob wrote:
>>> What does everytone think of this idea? Using your mobile to pay for
>>> coffee at Starbucks (yecch!)
>>>
>>> http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/starbucks-stop-here-forget-cash-use-your-phone-to-pay-20110120-19x9r.html
>>>
>>>
>>> "US coffee chain Starbucks has started allowing customers in its US
>>> stores to keep their cash and credit cards in their wallets and pay for
>>> their drinks with mobile phones."
>>>
>>> But I don't see how it would work if you're on a cap plan. Say I've got
>>> a $400 cap, does that mean I can get $400 worth of coffee each month
>>> instead?
>>
>> I'd have to wonder how secure they've made it. It could be done
>> properly, but it wouldn't surprise me if it were possible to get coffee
>> at someone else's expense.
>>
>> Sylvia.
>
> The machine records the phone number of the mobile, and the bill is
> forwarded to the phone plan provider
>
>

The article implies that a code is read of the screen. The question 
whether that code is constructed in a way that means that it cannot be 
faked, nor reused.

Sylvia.