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  • Upgrading phone or buying an external NFC reader?

    From Ottavio Caruso@ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com to uk.telecom.mobile on Tue Sep 30 10:39:21 2025
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    Has anybody bought an external NFC reader for an existing Android
    smartphone? And does it work?

    I have a stinky Huawei Y9 2019, which is doing the job, but I'll soon
    get my new Italian ID card which contains a chip that can only be read
    by a NFC card. Potentially there could be a UK digital ID that may or
    may not depend on a NFC-capable smartphone.

    Thanks.
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  • From Dave Royal@dave@dave123royal.com to uk.telecom.mobile on Tue Sep 30 14:35:36 2025
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    Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> Wrote in message:

    Has anybody bought an external NFC reader for an existing Android smartphone? And does it work?

    I have a stinky Huawei Y9 2019, which is doing the job, but I'll soon
    get my new Italian ID card which contains a chip that can only be read
    by a NFC card. Potentially there could be a UK digital ID that may or
    may not depend on a NFC-capable smartphone.

    Why do you want to read the Italian card using NFC? Just curious.

    You will not be able to read fingerprint data.
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  • From Ottavio Caruso@ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com to uk.telecom.mobile on Tue Sep 30 20:44:47 2025
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    Am 30.09.25 um 14:35 schrieb Dave Royal:
    Why do you want to read the Italian card using NFC? Just curious.

    To access pretty much most of the bureaucracy. Italy went in a short
    period of time from "all paper" to "all digital".

    It's all here: https://www.cartaidentita.interno.gov.it/en/useful-info-for-citizens/log-in-with-cie/

    You need that magical "level 3".
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  • From Dave Royal@dave@dave123royal.com to uk.telecom.mobile on Tue Sep 30 21:32:15 2025
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    Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> Wrote in message:

    Am 30.09.25 um 14:35 schrieb Dave Royal:
    Why do you want to read the Italian card using NFC? Just curious.

    To access pretty much most of the bureaucracy. Italy went in a short
    period of time from "all paper" to "all digital".

    It's all here: https://www.cartaidentita.interno.gov.it/en/useful-info-for-citizens/log-in-with-cie/

    You need that magical "level 3".

    Online authentication. I see.
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  • From Pamela@pamela.private.mailbox@gmail.com to uk.telecom.mobile on Wed Oct 1 13:24:33 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    On 10:39 30 Sep 2025, Ottavio Caruso said:

    Has anybody bought an external NFC reader for an existing Android smartphone? And does it work?

    I have a stinky Huawei Y9 2019, which is doing the job, but I'll soon
    get my new Italian ID card which contains a chip that can only be read
    by a NFC card. Potentially there could be a UK digital ID that may or
    may not depend on a NFC-capable smartphone.

    Thanks.

    Even if an external NFC reader works flawlessly, it will be
    inconvenient. It may be better to put the money (u30 perhaps?) towards
    a new phone.

    I also got my phone (Moto G7) in 2019. It's now laggy, its battery is
    worn out, and some apps don't like Android 10. I'm not a fan of getting
    new phones to keep up with the latest snazzy features ... but it's
    becoming time to get a new one. I've had 6 years use from it.

    Now my desktop PC is a different story ... made in 2005 and still
    going. Well, going sort of strong-ish. What can you expect from an
    AMD Athlon 3500?
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