It actually is, in this case.. If you hold a credit card or phone close
enough to a machine that permits "contactless" payments and your card
is set up to do that - that is, has the chip.
The OMNI reader doesn't know that I accidentally leaned too close to it
so that my card ,even in my purse, was
close enough to be read. Of course the MTA (transit authority) is an
approved collector of funds The OMNI gadgets are collecting funds for
the MTA.
ann
On 9/9/2021 4:43 PM, Doug Brewer wrote:
I understand the how. It's the authorization I don't get. Somewhere
along the line, the company has to ask to take the funds. Proximity
isn't permission.
On 9/9/21 3:38 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
Doug -
It is the placement of the machine on the bus that allows for
contactless payment of bus fare that is the problem.. and it is
likely to have swiped $2.75 from
more people who wear their cards on a lanyard or have them in a
pocket or purse that is at the same level as the fare taker on the
bus. It doesn't affect
people paying full fares that want to use any credit card to pay and
so swish on purpose.. although there have been cases reported of
someone being charged twice..
for those of us who have discounted metro cards the contactless
payment on public transportation is not an option.. we still have to
dip or swipe our senior or disabled citizen cards . by 2025, we are
told, all busses and train stations will be equipped with OMNI
machines and using them will be the only option.. by then they are
supposed to have figured out how to recognize that one is supposed to
get a discount. BTW - the OMNI reads your phone if your phone has the
correct stuff in it, or your apple watch, etc.
anyway, I"m getting an new little purse
ann
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