yrt+viva=1system
Senior Member
New Presto Fare Machine:
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W. K. Lis
Superstar
Do I kick it if I don't get my candy bar?
T3G
Senior Member
I don't understand what they were thinking in not releasing the feature for Apple Pay too. I don't know a single person who owns a Google phone and I'm sure I'm not the only one.Express mode should be working at St Clair and rolled out to the rest of the network soon (maybe mid-September). Testing for Apple Pay virtual cards has started.
It's hard to give definitive dates long before because not everything goes to plan and features get added and dropped. For example, the virtual cards were initially only supposed to be for Google Wallet and were supposed to be launched somewhere between mid-August and this weekend. However, since there was feedback about people wanting it on Apple Pay, the launch was delayed so the two could possibly launch together. You could apply this to the Crosstown and other projects Metrolinx is working on.
littlewill1166
Active Member
It's a combination of reasons.
- The big reason is that around 90% of the code for Presto is written in India. iOS's marketshare in India is less than 5%. The developers have more experience with Android, so it helps speed up development if the Android version is done before iOS.
- TTC survey data from last year also suggested that virtual cards would disproportionately help low income riders pay their fare.
- Apple Pay was also seen to be more difficult to integrate, but less difficult than expected.
nfitz
Superstar
Where is this? Somewhere there's a need for UP and GO fares, but not local transit, it would seem.
yrt+viva=1system
Senior Member
Finch Station. I was surprised that it just sits fully exposed to the elements.
nfitz
Superstar
Odd you can't buy TTC tickets, like you can at some of the older (outdoor) machines. But ... UP tickets?
yrt+viva=1system
Senior Member
I want to specify that this is located at the Finch GO. I didn’t get a chance to try out the interface so not sure what is available.
KevinT
Active Member
Apple is an absolute pain in the ass to work with on NFC deployments because they don't have generic 'do whatever you want with it' APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) like Android does. Apple wants their cut of every transaction, and you don't even get to know what the APIs are until the lawyers are done their negotiations and the financial contract is in place. When your devs finally do get the APIs, they work differently than expected and they have to rethink their entire approach, and what they implemented years ago without issue on Android can't simply be ported to IOS without a major redesign that has to be backfilled over into Android for a common backend interface and user experience. It's painful.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
So what is more secure: Android or iOS?
Studies show that mobile malware targets Android much more than iOS, so for this reason, and all the others stated in this article, iOS is more secure. While you can remove malware from Android and iPhone, it's better not to get it in the first place.
See link.
Studies show that mobile malware targets Android much more than iOS, so for this reason, and all the others stated in this article, iOS is more secure. While you can remove malware from Android and iPhone, it's better not to get it in the first place.
See link.
EnviroTO
Senior Member
Of those measures in the link, if you are committed to Google provided devices then two of the five measures goes away (i.e. manufacturing and patches). Both of those two measures are really measures of openness and are just saying you can buy Android devices from a wide array of manufacturers and the quality and security of each depends on you picking one that is trustworthy. Yes, Play Store is more open so like a PC if you are installing random software from noname companies you are putting yourself at risk. Again this measure is tied to openness and allows you to create software easily and get software from small businesses and independent developers easily, but not all those should be trusted.
Based on this expect that established companies would try to bring software to iPhone first because there is higher spend and less alternatives in Apple Store, but new and experimental software or start up companies or independent developers will deliver to Android first.
Based on this expect that established companies would try to bring software to iPhone first because there is higher spend and less alternatives in Apple Store, but new and experimental software or start up companies or independent developers will deliver to Android first.
goreckm
Active Member
This is not an easy question to answer. While in general, iOS is indeed more secure than Android devices, especially given how many of them are out there with various unpatched operating systems, there is one thing that iOS has going against it. In general, iOS users are much more likely to be on the same version of the operating system, and thus are kind of a monoculture. So, if you develop malware that works on iOS, it is likely to work on most iOS devices, whereas on Android, there are so many different types of phones and patch levels, that you don't know who has what.
In general, that makes Android more vulnerable to attacks of opportunity, where various malware is distributed across different sites and via old Play Store apps, whereas iOS users are more vulnerable to targeted attacks, especially when a highly motivated actor is going after you.
rbt
Senior Member
Anyone able to use Google Pay (via Android NFC) at a TTC fare-gate? I've used that mechanism to pay for GO and UP rides but it's rejected at Dufferin and Union Station. Tried both debit and credit at a couple different banks.
A physical card was accepted.
A physical card was accepted.
littlewill1166
Active Member
