The Black Spot

[jonwilly]

Sorry should read The Black Square no Treasure Island and Long John Silver.

Dining in the Blue Mango just up from John's Place They have the Card below on the tables.

Watching it seems that visiting Chinese use it to pay for their meals.

On asking the staff I am told Only for Chinee not for Flang.

Does anyone have any knowledge on this system ?

 

john

And it's the Blue Mango, not Blue Oyster Bar.

Good food at cheap prices.

[NanLaew]

It's WeChat Pay which is an online payment system development of WeChat which in turn is China's most popular social media app on a smartphone (similar to LINE and WhatsApp).

WeChat Pay is now extensively used for many types of transactions. With web payments, customers simply scan the QR Code on their mobile phone with WeChat to make a payment to a website. For mobile users, WeChat Pay is used for payment within WeChat Official Accounts to enable sales from within the app.Both Alipay and WeChat Pay are increasingly used for offline transactions at traditional stores and restaurants in China and even abroad. A customer simply opens the app in order to allow the merchant to scan their QR code with a special scanner or, often, just another smartphone. As many phones now have fingerprint scanning sensor, placing a finger on it is all it takes to complete a transaction (otherwise, a customer has to type in their secret code on their phone). Alternatively, a customer can scan a merchant’s QR code to send the payment but this way is becoming less common at the traditional point of sale.

 

[elektrified]

This and two other payment systems for Chinese tourists are all over C.M. now. Just walk around MAYA and many shops have the logos for the different payment systems.

[FolkGuitar]

The QR code (your black box) is brilliant! I used it all the time when I lived in Japan. Everything from copying down entire train schedules without tedious writing, entering and adding local maps to shops, restaurants, and offices to my phone, as well as simplified shopping. I still keep two different QR readers on my phone that come in handy from time to time.

[Salerno]

34 minutes ago, FolkGuitar said:

The QR code (your black box) is brilliant!

They can also be quite dangerous. Don't scan one unless you are sure it's legit ... you could end up with ransomware or some other nasty on your phone.

[thaibeachlovers]

43 minutes ago, Salerno said:

They can also be quite dangerous. Don't scan one unless you are sure it's legit ... you could end up with ransomware or some other nasty on your phone.

Just wait till the hackers bust it!!!!!!

[Salerno]

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Just wait till the hackers bust it!!!!!!

No need to wait, people have been warning of the dangers for years: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=dangers+of+qr+codes&oq=dangers+of+qr+codes&aqs=chrome.0.0l2.5943j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[Puwa]

WeChat is the ultimate tool for government surveillance. It tracks where you go, who you're with, how you spend, who you talk to and what you say-- all in a single app that the Chinese government monitors. Sure, all these things can be tracked through other apps in other places like FB or Google Maps, but not as comprehensively or seamlessly.

[Nick ZepTepi]

WeChat is the ultimate tool for government surveillance. It tracks where you go, who you're with, how you spend, who you talk to and what you say-- all in a single app that the Chinese government monitors. Sure, all these things can be tracked through other apps in other places like FB or Google Maps, but not as comprehensively or seamlessly.

Superb Chinese efficiency - it even lets you search for prospective love matches in the area. [emoji41] [emoji1]

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[Ricardo]

I was expecting a thread about  mildew ! 

[FolkGuitar]

7 hours ago, Salerno said:

They can also be quite dangerous. Don't scan one unless you are sure it's legit ... you could end up with ransomware or some other nasty on your phone.

 

There is nothing so important on my phone that would cause me a moment's hesitation before I flushed the entire system. Everything is backed up in a secure hard drive. For that matter, so is everything on my home computer. If more people would do incremental backups regularly, Ransomware and other virus/Trojans, etc., wouldn't be the horrible threat people make it out to be. People in ThaiVisa are always berating other for not having 'insurance coverage.'  And yet you don't think to have it for your phones and computers? Interesting...

[thaibeachlovers]

On ‎8‎/‎3‎/‎2017 at 8:07 AM, FolkGuitar said:

 

There is nothing so important on my phone that would cause me a moment's hesitation before I flushed the entire system. Everything is backed up in a secure hard drive. For that matter, so is everything on my home computer. If more people would do incremental backups regularly, Ransomware and other virus/Trojans, etc., wouldn't be the horrible threat people make it out to be. People in ThaiVisa are always berating other for not having 'insurance coverage.'  And yet you don't think to have it for your phones and computers? Interesting...

All the hackers have to do is develop a delayed action virus, so it gets transferred to the back up system as well.

I can see the day coming when all personal activity on the internet becomes impossible because of hackers etc and we are back to 1980. Post office will be happy.

[FolkGuitar]

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

All the hackers have to do is develop a delayed action virus, so it gets transferred to the back up system as well.

I can see the day coming when all personal activity on the internet becomes impossible because of hackers etc and we are back to 1980. Post office will be happy.

 

When that day comes, I'll deal with it.

Until then, I don't give it a second thought.  I can't live my life in forethought of grief. Too much good stuff going on.