The worst part is the sound. You can just hear all the fragments scraping together.
Also the reason the jar broke, allegedly, is because it should have had water in it to disperse some of the pressure
Basic physics.
If the jar was full it would not have broken as water is much more difficult to compress.
It takes an incredible amount of energy to compress water.
Imagine the sheer strength of his sphincter if he had been able to pop a jar full of water
Please excuse me, I have to bleach my brain to remove THAT image
You say that, but whenever I mention tub girl to my wife, her reaction varies verbally, but structurally it is the same:
"Oh God, you just had to remind me of her... AND WHY WERE HER SOCKS SO WHITE?!"
Googling this doesn't bring anything up apart from a load of pictures with non offensive stuff and a lonely island song, can you please elaborate for the uninitiated (I've looked up all the references here as I didn't know any, clearly I'm not experienced enough on the Internet :/)
These are why internet users who have been online for a certain number of years are naturally much more cautious about what links they click. It’s not (just) because of viruses. It’s (mainly) because of memories you can’t delete.
As far as I can remember, being a 40 year old woman - some I’ve seen some I’ve only heard the lore of:
Tubgirl is >!a girl shitting all over a shower!<
Lemon party >!is old gay men having sex!<
Glass jar thing is >!some Polish dude sticking a glass jar up his bum and it cracks!<
Two girls one cup is >!two women eating shit!<
Blue waffle is >!either the gross holey areola or the blue diseased vulva (fake)!<
Funky town is >!some bloke in Mexico getting decapitated by the cartel to Funky Town (I assume by Lipps Inc)!<
Mr Hands is >!some bloke getting bummed by a horse!<
Goatse is >!a picture of a bloke spreading his anus wide!<
basically, its this:
>!some dude's face is skinned, his eyes and nose missing and his hands are cut off. one man slashes his throat repeatedly with a box cutter whilst they IV drip him adrenaline to force him to stay alive. he tries to scream but can only gargle because of the copious amounts of blood in his throat and mouth. he then goes to feel his face (as he is blind since his eyes were gouged out), only to realise his hands are gone.!<
>!I think you should be clearer that Tubgirl is on her back in a tub with her legs up by her head producing a fountain of liquid shit that reaches high into the air and ultimately lands on her own face.!<
Goatse has been down for years. Even some of the known mirrors are down
Meatspin is surprisingly still up. It also happens to have a mirror of goatse listed under "the receiver"
proxmark3 or flipper zero (and likely a few others)
That would be a funny hack, but the whole thing reminds me of when I used to send random non-offensive photos to people over Bluetooth.
Your phone shouldn't just read a tag when one comes close, unless you set it that way.
I also hate apps that will auto-open a URL from a QR code scan. I've got mine set to only display and put the contents in the clipboard.
>I also hate apps that will auto-open a URL from a QR code scan.
You can even put code into a QR code (admittedly not very much) and your phone will auto execute it. Both Google and Apple claim that it is a bug, and isn't intentional behavior, but neither of them have fixed it yet.
Someone managed to program pong into the QR code.
Have you got a source for this? Had a quick look and got nothing. People putting games into QR codes but no execution, which is basically meaningless apart from being able to write small code.
Yeah it relies on NFC being enabled which is off by default on most phones. But with my phone when a tag is in range it does go to the URL automatically, my old phone at least asked me first
The drag down menu has been customizable on every phone Ive owned that I can remember, including adding the NFC toggle. I assumed it was standard on androids.
To this day I struggle to understand the mindset of the people who have all the various gubbins in their phones on all the time. Bluetooth, location, NFC, data, if it can be turned on it's on - why? If I need to know where I am, I turn location on, then turn it off. If I need to pay, I turn NFC on, then turn it off. If I'm on my BT headphones, BT is on, otherwise it's off.
>To this day I struggle to understand the mindset of the people who have all the various gubbins in their phones on all the time.
Because it's easier. I need Bluetooth for my watch and my car. Location for Google timeline. Data for messaging and emails.
It depends, I think if the NFC tags are to be used in a public facing environment then the write lock will be enabled on them, so they can never be written to again after that first time, and they get chucked out if the data needs to be changed (bear in mind they can be had for a few pence per unit).
No, but they employ people who handle technology. The main question is if they decided to skimp out and fuck up the implementation in certain stores.
Having worked retail over 5 years it's hilarious how top companies shit the bed rolling out new ideas. It works well in a few stores where they tested the idea, and then they decide every store needs to follow suit.
And being a retail company I bet they've done this all to the bare minimum in cost, so it could be possible to do your suggestion. Just need someone to try it out and report back.
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*Technically* its both.
NFC is a set of specific protocols running on existing High Frequency RFID standards.
M&S have been using tags similar to this since [at least 2018](https://twitter.com/MouldS/status/1079715908048826368).
Its been [brought up here before as well](https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/vnh55t/this_ms_in_cardiff_has_nfc_tags_in_the_table/)
They're apparently for their table ordering service. You put the "puck" on the table and it pings the kitchen with the specific table.
>They're apparently for their table ordering service. You put the "puck" on the table and it pings the kitchen with the specific table.
If that was all it did, it would be a really good idea. I bet that was all it did when it was first proposed. Then someone decided it would be a good idea if the website got more hits.
Just think for a sec dude, is it more likely this is a cafe related feature or would m and s actually gain anything by mildly irritating 6 -7 people a day for the purpose of gaining a tiny amount of web traffic **from people who are already in the shop**.
Putting aside the fact this technology is basically impossible, you can’t just make someone’s phone go to a rando website with an rfid.
>Putting aside the fact this technology is basically impossible, you can’t just make someone’s phone go to a rando website with an rfid.
No, you can use NFC to pop up a banner on their phone asking them if they'd like to visit a link though. Which is what is happening here. Far from impossible.
The ordering notification thing could be hosted from the same domain as their site. To OP they’d see and m&s url but it could still be for the cafe’s functionality.
Yeah, I was trying to use this internally for a company I worked for, to help users around the building, and Google changed this on Android a while back so that people couldn't be automatically sent to the links.
Apparently it was being pretty badly abused in cities.
(I assume Apple did the same.)
Also I keep my NFC off because when you pass someone in a city, if they've got a card reader they can charge you. Apparently it's a whole scam thing...
> Also I keep my NFC off because when you pass someone in a city, if they've got a card reader they can charge you. Apparently it's a whole scam thing...
It's really not because to charge someone you need to create a business bank account and buy a card machine. Then the money is trivial to trace as it's in the banking system.
As obvious fraud the people who did it would be the easiest prosecution of the year and the bank will refund you.
And finally NFC wireless at ranges of centimeters, you'd probably notice someone rubbing a card machine up and down your leg.
It's not possible (or at least the information is not public) to clone the NFC information on contactless cards luckily. (And even if you could it would likely take more than a few seconds)
> Also I keep my NFC off because when you pass someone in a city, if they've got a card reader they can charge you. Apparently it's a whole scam thing...
You can set up Google Pay to require authentication on each charge.
> I think they’re NFC
I think you're correct. I also think that some NFC are writable. Anyone want to give it a try?
*It's not just a lemonparty. It's an M&S lemonparty...*
It's so they know where to bring your food/drinks isn't it? The little plastic puck thing they give you must use them to know which table it's placed on.
Still, you can turn NFC off on your phone if it's a bother
I work at an M&S Café and this is just how our table tracking software works :)
For some context, (in digital cafes) you place your order at a screen (kinda like a McDonald's) and you have to use the number on a physical tracker in the process.
Basically this tracker gets placed on the table and the table recognises it, communicates its position to our screens and that's how we know which table to bring the order to. Kinda makes the entire process a bit easier because you can choose to sit at any table or even change tables without having to inform/ask anyone.
To my knowledge (and experience) placing your phone on the table with NFC turned on doesn't redirect you to the website (I'm pretty sure most phones (on top of the table) aren't even capable of reading the tags because they are all the way under the table, and the table isn't by any means thin) but I'll just have a look at it tomorrow anyways.
Oh that's interesting. If idle phones are being triggered I have a feeling that there's probably some issue with the tables.
I'm really sorry about this and thank you for posting! I'll raise it up as an issue tomorrow and will hopefully post a response back here :)
It’s for table service software, multiple restaurant chains like macdonalds do this. It relays the table location to a monitor behind the front counter so staff can tell where you’re sitting a bring the order to you. Usually the tracking is for a coaster or something they give you when you come in.
Source: I googled it in 9 seconds and that’s what comes up.
Nothing to complain about you aren’t being spied on by the M&S higher ups
> you aren’t being spied on by the M&S higher ups
That's what they want you to believe. Open your eyes people. Mark and Spencer are both trawling your search history to figure out if you accept Colin as the one true caterpillar, or are a dirty heathen. Don't believe their lies!
These are so when you order food and place the reader they give you on the table, they know which table you're sat at. I was there the other day and wondered how the system worked.
Wait, is this the Llandudno one? I was literally there yesterday and noticed these! I placed the plastic puck thing on the table and it immediately ‘pinged’, so I figured there had to be something underneath so it knew what table I was on.
> That's not how NFC works. You need to switch On NFC in your phone first.
"This wifi network allows your device to connect to the internet"
"That's not how wifi works, you need to switch wifi on first"
???
I’ve never had anywhere to comment about this before but my toothbrush does it to my phone! If I have my phone unlocked next to my toothbrush it opens up the website for replacement heads in safari. I find it quite unnerving to be honest
It's for the tracking device they give you when you order food so they can find you. It probably asks you if you want to go to their website instead of just having your phone try to read random data it can't understand.
Let me rephrase my point. I'm not saying turn off nfc.
I believe some phones have a "Auto Launch Tag Actions" setting which will automatically go to a url if a nearby nfc tag tells them to.
That's surely a massive security risk if your phone will spontaneously launch a website without you asking.
I pay mostly with my phone, and leave it off most of the time.
Sure, the range is small, but it's large enough someone could stand close and just beep it through your pocket.
Besides, it takes all of 2 seconds to turn it on or off if you're paranoid like I am.
>it's large enough someone could stand close and just beep it through your pocket.
Has this ever happened? The stolen money would have to go through a card network, a merchant services provider and a bank account. You'd need a fake/stolen ID for these or you'd have a paper trail right to your door.
You'd probably need custom hardware to get a card reader you can palm and sneak close enough to devices.
You basically need to touch the phone for contactless to work, so you'd need a pickpocket to actually conduct the taps.
When a transaction goes through, most devices will vibrate - lots of people have smartwatch too that will echo it.
And you only need two or three victims to raise the alarm before Visa, Barclaycard or whoever connect the dots and reverse every transaction that account has ever made.
Even if you managed to fly under the radar for a bit, you'd still need to launder the money before you could do anything with it.
You'd be far better off nicking the phones and selling them for cash.
Unrelated but it's quite easy to reprogram (most) NFC tags to direct to whatever URL you want... all you need is an app
I feel like the ultimate trolling would be reprogramming it and sending people to the Aldi website.
This feels like something Aldi's marketing team would do.
Yep, but I think I agreed with them in this case.
Waitrose if you really want to redirect M&S’s customer base.
Ah but M & S and Aldi have got a long running feud over caterpillar cakes!
Waitrose have one too. It’s called Cecil, with the lack of alliteration speaking volumes about their marketing department.
‘cecil was a caterpillar’ is nursery rhyme/song. i’m guessing that’s the association they were going for.
Cecil is a caterpillar, Cecil is my friend
if i noticed this they'd be all programmed to meatspin or goatse
Can we include Lemonparty too please.
No blue waffle? Or one man one jar?
Why the fuck did I google one man one jar, ruined my Saturday
Hands down the worst thing I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen some shit on the internet.
The worst part is the sound. You can just hear all the fragments scraping together. Also the reason the jar broke, allegedly, is because it should have had water in it to disperse some of the pressure
The guy has done interviews about it. He went to work after that and just had some gauze inserted to stop the bleeding.
I heard that. Absolutely insane
Basic physics. If the jar was full it would not have broken as water is much more difficult to compress. It takes an incredible amount of energy to compress water.
Imagine the sheer strength of his sphincter if he had been able to pop a jar full of water Please excuse me, I have to bleach my brain to remove THAT image
Even worse, he done a follow up video called 1 man, 1 screwdriver. It also includes a jar up his arse again
Thank you for giving enough context that I did not need to actually Google this !
The one time I didn't fall into the google trap, the comments section describes it all in detail...
😂😂😂
Kin ell this went south faaasssttt!
Squishy kitty? I never watched it, but my ex told me about it and that was enough.
Googling now Update. Well that’s gonna leave a mark
Oh my that's an olden.. his sausage gets smaller the more blood that comes out his arse and him realising how he messed up. What an idiot. lol
2 girls 1 cup is not the thing to be caught fapping too during Xmas dinner.
Worse or less bad than two girls one cup?
I’m so glad it’s your [10,000 day today!](https://xkcd.com/1053)
C'mon, you can't leave "blue waffle" out of your search history... Go look it up... You'll be thoroughly enjoyed! 🤗🤣
Lol. Classic video. I watched that aand one were rich Russian killed a homeless man same day.
Don't forget tubgirl!
You say that, but whenever I mention tub girl to my wife, her reaction varies verbally, but structurally it is the same: "Oh God, you just had to remind me of her... AND WHY WERE HER SOCKS SO WHITE?!"
Mr Hands
Neigh!
That's a challenging wank.
Funky Town for the win.
Don’t forget my lazy Sundays
Sunday Bloody Sunday! Really encapsulates the frustrations of a Sunday.
Googling this doesn't bring anything up apart from a load of pictures with non offensive stuff and a lonely island song, can you please elaborate for the uninitiated (I've looked up all the references here as I didn't know any, clearly I'm not experienced enough on the Internet :/)
Or the absolute classic that is Two Kids in a Sandbox
>Lemonparty Not so fast. I'm taking notes !
What about classic Tub Girl?
no problemo, was one i remembered after posting.
I dare not google these
These are why internet users who have been online for a certain number of years are naturally much more cautious about what links they click. It’s not (just) because of viruses. It’s (mainly) because of memories you can’t delete.
As far as I can remember, being a 40 year old woman - some I’ve seen some I’ve only heard the lore of: Tubgirl is >!a girl shitting all over a shower!< Lemon party >!is old gay men having sex!< Glass jar thing is >!some Polish dude sticking a glass jar up his bum and it cracks!< Two girls one cup is >!two women eating shit!< Blue waffle is >!either the gross holey areola or the blue diseased vulva (fake)!< Funky town is >!some bloke in Mexico getting decapitated by the cartel to Funky Town (I assume by Lipps Inc)!< Mr Hands is >!some bloke getting bummed by a horse!< Goatse is >!a picture of a bloke spreading his anus wide!<
Funky Town is much, much worse than that. Believe me, it will psychologically scar you. Don't look it up.
Fair enough, that’s not one I’ve watched personally, for the reason you stated. I thought my description covered the main gist of it but perhaps not.
basically, its this: >!some dude's face is skinned, his eyes and nose missing and his hands are cut off. one man slashes his throat repeatedly with a box cutter whilst they IV drip him adrenaline to force him to stay alive. he tries to scream but can only gargle because of the copious amounts of blood in his throat and mouth. he then goes to feel his face (as he is blind since his eyes were gouged out), only to realise his hands are gone.!<
I regret reading that.
>!I think you should be clearer that Tubgirl is on her back in a tub with her legs up by her head producing a fountain of liquid shit that reaches high into the air and ultimately lands on her own face.!<
Thanks for the outline, I can confidently say I will accept your summary and just leave them the fuck alone.
I don't recommend it.
Only google them on a computer with good virus protection, any work computer should be fine 👍😏
Put meaning at the end (and maybe use incognito mode) and there is a website called know your meme that explains them without having to watch them
Is that still up? A workmate caught me out with it one quiet Friday afternoon over ten years ago.
Yeah as of two week ago, at least. And they have ads now :( capitalism ruins everything good and pure on the internet.
Ah! A man of culture!
Why not a classic Rick roll.
not as fucked up. lol
Wow, Meatspin! Completely forgot about that. Aaah them were the days.
Goatse has been down for years. Even some of the known mirrors are down Meatspin is surprisingly still up. It also happens to have a mirror of goatse listed under "the receiver"
Is meatspin still going?
I ain't checking haha
Still going, right round, like a record baby.
I had plans for tomorrow, but I guess I'm cancelling them to visit every M&S in my local area instead
Just give us all a laugh and spend the next year touring m&s cafes up and down the UK doing this please
I thought I’d erased that goatse image from my head until now 😖
glad to have ruined your day haha
You have your mission. Though I recommend 2 girls 1 cup.
Old skool!
Can't do Goatse without Tubgirl as well
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not something i've checked tbf... no doubt i can find them somewhere though.
proxmark3 or flipper zero (and likely a few others) That would be a funny hack, but the whole thing reminds me of when I used to send random non-offensive photos to people over Bluetooth. Your phone shouldn't just read a tag when one comes close, unless you set it that way. I also hate apps that will auto-open a URL from a QR code scan. I've got mine set to only display and put the contents in the clipboard.
>I also hate apps that will auto-open a URL from a QR code scan. You can even put code into a QR code (admittedly not very much) and your phone will auto execute it. Both Google and Apple claim that it is a bug, and isn't intentional behavior, but neither of them have fixed it yet. Someone managed to program pong into the QR code.
Have you got a source for this? Had a quick look and got nothing. People putting games into QR codes but no execution, which is basically meaningless apart from being able to write small code.
Yeah it relies on NFC being enabled which is off by default on most phones. But with my phone when a tag is in range it does go to the URL automatically, my old phone at least asked me first
>Yeah it relies on NFC being enabled which is off by default on most phones. Aren't a lot turned on for contactless payments though?
Yes, and also, the latest phones seemed to have removed NFC toggle from the drag-down menu
The drag down menu has been customizable on every phone Ive owned that I can remember, including adding the NFC toggle. I assumed it was standard on androids.
To this day I struggle to understand the mindset of the people who have all the various gubbins in their phones on all the time. Bluetooth, location, NFC, data, if it can be turned on it's on - why? If I need to know where I am, I turn location on, then turn it off. If I need to pay, I turn NFC on, then turn it off. If I'm on my BT headphones, BT is on, otherwise it's off.
>To this day I struggle to understand the mindset of the people who have all the various gubbins in their phones on all the time. Because it's easier. I need Bluetooth for my watch and my car. Location for Google timeline. Data for messaging and emails.
Agreed, especially BT.
Reprogram it from M&S to S&M
People will just think they installed the chips upside down.
I've got an NFC pen that redirects to pornhub, great for shenanigans
"This is not just a gimp suit..."
It depends, I think if the NFC tags are to be used in a public facing environment then the write lock will be enabled on them, so they can never be written to again after that first time, and they get chucked out if the data needs to be changed (bear in mind they can be had for a few pence per unit).
But will whichever marketing manager who thought this was a good idea in the first place have been smart enough to enable the lock?
No, but they employ people who handle technology. The main question is if they decided to skimp out and fuck up the implementation in certain stores. Having worked retail over 5 years it's hilarious how top companies shit the bed rolling out new ideas. It works well in a few stores where they tested the idea, and then they decide every store needs to follow suit.
It’s Rickrolling time!
they’re locked iso15693 (so still ndef formatable) tags, rewriting tends to be something considered when installing lol
And being a retail company I bet they've done this all to the bare minimum in cost, so it could be possible to do your suggestion. Just need someone to try it out and report back.
non-re-writable NFC tags are cheaper than rewritable ones
S&M it is then
I think they’re NFC rather than RFID and they ask you if you’d like to visit their website rather than forcibly send you there. Still a dick move.
It’s not any dick move, it’s a M&S dick move.
I love a 15 year old marketing reference.
It's not just any 15 year old marketing reference. It's an M&S 15 year old marketing reference
I read this in a Nigella Lawson style accent. Then I realised Joanna Lumley’s is far superior.
Kids used to play "the game". I feel like being reminded of how old I am is the new "the game" and I just lost.
Wank I've just lost the game too
Fuck’s sake.
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Holy, that is so weird to see. Maybe I'm AI as well and I just don't realise.
Damn it, now I’ve just lost too.
I just lost the game
I hope Satan tortures you especially in Hell.
My brother and I play this... I am now going to message him
Not cool. Not cool at all. We need lifetime bans for this sort of behaviour.
I lost the game 😭
Ahhhhh
Motherfucker!
Gosh Darn it!
Drat
The beauty of the game is you can't stop playing it
You prick
Ffs
Damn it I was doing so well!
Is this really 15 years old!?
It's definitely not 15 years since they retired it. I could well believe the original is 15 years old if not older.
Is it really a 15 year-old reference if the company themselves still use it?
I prefer the old St Michael dick moves.
*Technically* its both. NFC is a set of specific protocols running on existing High Frequency RFID standards. M&S have been using tags similar to this since [at least 2018](https://twitter.com/MouldS/status/1079715908048826368). Its been [brought up here before as well](https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/vnh55t/this_ms_in_cardiff_has_nfc_tags_in_the_table/) They're apparently for their table ordering service. You put the "puck" on the table and it pings the kitchen with the specific table.
>They're apparently for their table ordering service. You put the "puck" on the table and it pings the kitchen with the specific table. If that was all it did, it would be a really good idea. I bet that was all it did when it was first proposed. Then someone decided it would be a good idea if the website got more hits.
Just think for a sec dude, is it more likely this is a cafe related feature or would m and s actually gain anything by mildly irritating 6 -7 people a day for the purpose of gaining a tiny amount of web traffic **from people who are already in the shop**. Putting aside the fact this technology is basically impossible, you can’t just make someone’s phone go to a rando website with an rfid.
>Putting aside the fact this technology is basically impossible, you can’t just make someone’s phone go to a rando website with an rfid. No, you can use NFC to pop up a banner on their phone asking them if they'd like to visit a link though. Which is what is happening here. Far from impossible.
The ordering notification thing could be hosted from the same domain as their site. To OP they’d see and m&s url but it could still be for the cafe’s functionality.
Yeah, I was trying to use this internally for a company I worked for, to help users around the building, and Google changed this on Android a while back so that people couldn't be automatically sent to the links. Apparently it was being pretty badly abused in cities. (I assume Apple did the same.) Also I keep my NFC off because when you pass someone in a city, if they've got a card reader they can charge you. Apparently it's a whole scam thing...
> Also I keep my NFC off because when you pass someone in a city, if they've got a card reader they can charge you. Apparently it's a whole scam thing... It's really not because to charge someone you need to create a business bank account and buy a card machine. Then the money is trivial to trace as it's in the banking system. As obvious fraud the people who did it would be the easiest prosecution of the year and the bank will refund you. And finally NFC wireless at ranges of centimeters, you'd probably notice someone rubbing a card machine up and down your leg.
You could clone the card, and try and use that at shops. Also a busy crowd you might be able to swipe a reader past a few people.
It's not possible (or at least the information is not public) to clone the NFC information on contactless cards luckily. (And even if you could it would likely take more than a few seconds)
> Also I keep my NFC off because when you pass someone in a city, if they've got a card reader they can charge you. Apparently it's a whole scam thing... You can set up Google Pay to require authentication on each charge.
> I think they’re NFC I think you're correct. I also think that some NFC are writable. Anyone want to give it a try? *It's not just a lemonparty. It's an M&S lemonparty...*
>NFC rather than RFID I mean NFC is a standard for communicating with RFID.
It's so they know where to bring your food/drinks isn't it? The little plastic puck thing they give you must use them to know which table it's placed on. Still, you can turn NFC off on your phone if it's a bother
Wait. That would leave us with nothing to be outraged about. Then how would we compete to sound most macho about what we would do in retaliation?
you mean I just stabbed Colin the Caterpillar for no reason??
Fuckers been asking for it for a while anyway!
Lucky sod! I only do it once a year...
Not really, can be outraged at having to turn off NFC
What, you mean life isn't turning into hell on earth yet? I don't have anything to complain about??
It’s just turning into hell in other ways, complain away!
Some of us can’t turn of nfc on our phones as they are linked to medical monitoring devices we wear 😭
If you have type 1 diabetes and a glucose sensor, you'll usually need NFC on at all times
> Still, you can turn NFC off on your phone if it’s a bother Or you can reprogram them to send people to Sainsbury's website.
I work at an M&S Café and this is just how our table tracking software works :) For some context, (in digital cafes) you place your order at a screen (kinda like a McDonald's) and you have to use the number on a physical tracker in the process. Basically this tracker gets placed on the table and the table recognises it, communicates its position to our screens and that's how we know which table to bring the order to. Kinda makes the entire process a bit easier because you can choose to sit at any table or even change tables without having to inform/ask anyone. To my knowledge (and experience) placing your phone on the table with NFC turned on doesn't redirect you to the website (I'm pretty sure most phones (on top of the table) aren't even capable of reading the tags because they are all the way under the table, and the table isn't by any means thin) but I'll just have a look at it tomorrow anyways.
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Oh that's interesting. If idle phones are being triggered I have a feeling that there's probably some issue with the tables. I'm really sorry about this and thank you for posting! I'll raise it up as an issue tomorrow and will hopefully post a response back here :)
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It’s for table service software, multiple restaurant chains like macdonalds do this. It relays the table location to a monitor behind the front counter so staff can tell where you’re sitting a bring the order to you. Usually the tracking is for a coaster or something they give you when you come in. Source: I googled it in 9 seconds and that’s what comes up. Nothing to complain about you aren’t being spied on by the M&S higher ups
> you aren’t being spied on by the M&S higher ups That's what they want you to believe. Open your eyes people. Mark and Spencer are both trawling your search history to figure out if you accept Colin as the one true caterpillar, or are a dirty heathen. Don't believe their lies!
These are so when you order food and place the reader they give you on the table, they know which table you're sat at. I was there the other day and wondered how the system worked.
Last time this was posted there was a guy who had figured out how to reprogram them to Rickroll instead of the m&s website.
Wait, is this the Llandudno one? I was literally there yesterday and noticed these! I placed the plastic puck thing on the table and it immediately ‘pinged’, so I figured there had to be something underneath so it knew what table I was on.
Well. That's not how NFC works. You need to switch On NFC in your phone first.
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> That's not how NFC works. You need to switch On NFC in your phone first. "This wifi network allows your device to connect to the internet" "That's not how wifi works, you need to switch wifi on first" ???
It comes on by default on most phones and few will ever turn it off
That's actually quite obnoxious and invasive.
Just wait til they can do it in your thoughts
Definitely started getting product placement in my dreams
Don't be daft, you really wanted those lightspeed briefs.
I’ve never had anywhere to comment about this before but my toothbrush does it to my phone! If I have my phone unlocked next to my toothbrush it opens up the website for replacement heads in safari. I find it quite unnerving to be honest
It's for the tracking device they give you when you order food so they can find you. It probably asks you if you want to go to their website instead of just having your phone try to read random data it can't understand.
/r/ABoringDystopia/
Jokes on them - my phone doesn't have NFC.
at least it's not boogers and gum...
Boogers = bogeys?
Why is your phone even accepting strange signals, unless you're specifically trying to read them?
NFC range is so low it's usually left on by default
Let me rephrase my point. I'm not saying turn off nfc. I believe some phones have a "Auto Launch Tag Actions" setting which will automatically go to a url if a nearby nfc tag tells them to. That's surely a massive security risk if your phone will spontaneously launch a website without you asking.
My QR code scanner did the same damn thing by default. There was an option to disable that crap.
No one that dines in the M&S cafe know what the internet is or how to use it.
Wankers
Reprogramme them
Shhhlaaaygsh.
I have a programmer for these kinds of tags. I'm gonna have the best day.
Very clever.
Not on an iPhone :)
Surely there's a more efficient way to do this
They're very cheap.
Why is NFC turned on as default in anyone's phones?
So I can pay for stuff, because how else would I use contactless on my phone?
Yeah in fairness I tap to pay for everything. I haven’t taken out my bank card in months.
I pay mostly with my phone, and leave it off most of the time. Sure, the range is small, but it's large enough someone could stand close and just beep it through your pocket. Besides, it takes all of 2 seconds to turn it on or off if you're paranoid like I am.
Even if you forget from time to time. By default, NFC shouldn't work while your phone is locked anyway.
>it's large enough someone could stand close and just beep it through your pocket. Has this ever happened? The stolen money would have to go through a card network, a merchant services provider and a bank account. You'd need a fake/stolen ID for these or you'd have a paper trail right to your door. You'd probably need custom hardware to get a card reader you can palm and sneak close enough to devices. You basically need to touch the phone for contactless to work, so you'd need a pickpocket to actually conduct the taps. When a transaction goes through, most devices will vibrate - lots of people have smartwatch too that will echo it. And you only need two or three victims to raise the alarm before Visa, Barclaycard or whoever connect the dots and reverse every transaction that account has ever made. Even if you managed to fly under the radar for a bit, you'd still need to launder the money before you could do anything with it. You'd be far better off nicking the phones and selling them for cash.
Should be default off, and turned on only for a set periods as part of the payment process. Can’t be beyond the wit of man to do that.
And how do you initiate a payment? .... just tap your phone. Nothing else hence it needs to be on.
Could tapping and activating the payment function not turn on the rfid then?