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Normally you hear about NFC in some kind of “mobile payments” context, but that’s not the only place it could shake things up. Hyundai is working on some new prototype tech that could have you using your NFC smartphone as the keys to your car.
Hyundai’s Connectivity Concept, which won’t actually go into production until around 2015, aims to harness the power of your NFC phone to make it way cooler than your keys ever were. Not only could the phone unlock your car and start it, but it could also save a sort of user profile, flipping to the right radio station or streaming music while adjusting the seat and mirrors for you as soon as you slam it into the dashboard dock.
Of course, as cool as that all is, there are security concerns. but issues like having phone theft rapidly turn into car theft could (mostly) be avoided with a user PIN or other measures. Most other concerns are just about as valid for NFC keys as well. Still, there’s something that just seems weird about unlocking, and moreover starting your car with your phone. It’ll still be while until any sort of implementation, but would you feel comfortable giving that kind of power to your trusty handset? [Hyundai via GigaOM]
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It’s cool and all, but what if you ran out of battery?
Keep an emergency charger in the glovebox.
OH WAIT.
All the eggs + One flimsy basket = Bad idea.
Car keys can already do this. Just walk up to your car and bam magic. I hear Ford also have a mykey thing that allows customisation of driving settings etc
As per using a phone to make a purchase at a bricks and mortar store, the idea of using a phone to unlock your car is 100% pointless!
1. What if you lose or are without your phone?
2. Why not simply use biometric logins for all this? IE, a) ATMs, b) Stores. c) Cars. d) Homes.
A quick eyeball or finger print scan, plus a PIN number (for additional security), and then an encrypted communication with a remote authentication server, and Bob’s Your Auntie, you’re in!
This has the liberating benefit of not needing to carry anything on your person in order to make a purchase. Ideal if you’re at a nudist colony for example! “Barman, how do I pay?” “We can read your dingaling print, please insert it here and enter your PIN.”
Seriously, the ONLY reason the industry is toying with NFC (other than for music streaming/content sharing etc) is because the air time providers want a piece of the action.
I was in a phone store the other day and the manager was telling me how soon here in the UK NFC payment is going to be introduced en masse. You betcha! Now they have finally been thwarted by WhatsApp Messenger & iMessage over their attempts to fleece us for text messaging, they now want a piece of our every purchasing action!
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This really sound like an amazing idea, very cool features and very high tech!. Thanks http://www.gizmodo.co.uk for posting this. But I am not sure if I will be able to trust my mobile phone and giving it such a big power over my car. A mobile phone can be lost just like we lose our car key or fobs. Unless Hyundai finds a great solution for the security measure for this then I think it will be okay for me to replace my car keys with this kind of technology. I just wonder how much money will it involve to have this kind of system in the future; Because I just found out that replacing my car key is really expensive. I own a Fiat Punto and my car key fell down the stairs last week, so I had to call an automotive locksmith ( http://www.autokeysquad.com/ if it interests anyone- however, it is my understanding they cover only some parts of the UK!) to replace it. I didn’t even know that the key that seems to be such a normal key had a chip that looks like a capsule inside. So apparently this chip got broken so the guy told me he had to replace my car key. He charge me more than a couple of hundred pounds for all the work. So at this point my question is, If a basic key will cost me this much how much will a technology like this NFC cost me in the future if I will have a similar problem?