Unlock Your Android Phone With Open Source Wearable NFC 81
coop0030 (263345) writes "Becky Stern at Adafruit has created a guide on how to create an open source NFC ring or other wearable to mod and unlock your Android phone. From the tutorial: 'Unlock your phone by just picking it up! No more pesky password or gesture PIN, just scan an NFC tag! This guide covers creating an NFC ring, putting an NFC tag in your nail polish, modding your Android installation to read tags from the lockscreen, and creating an automation toolchain to unlock the phone when the desired tag is scanned.'
There is also a video that demonstrates how it works."
Unlocking a phone.... (Score:5, Funny)
Boy, and I'd always heard it was a lot harder than that to get an unlocked phone
Do not want (Score:4, Funny)
If these things are ever sold anywhere, by anyone, it will be the first step in a slippery slope by which the phone grabbers will gut the First Amendment right to call anybody I want, any time. How long before the FCC demands a remote kill switch?
Re:Given that my wife just found her wedding ring. (Score:2, Funny)
Sad that their relationship seems to be breaking down.
Re:Wallet (Score:5, Funny)
You can also just put an NFC sticker in your wallet.
She: "Maybe we could go out for drinks on Saturday"
He: "Let me check my schedule" - pulls out phone and waves it around near his butt - "Yeah, I'm free"
She (disgusted): "You pig! I'll never go out with you!"
Wallet may not be the best place for that tag, although it probably beats placing it in your belt buckle.
Re:Do not want (Score:2, Funny)
Why would you want to call more police to your house?
Re:jewelry lost too (Score:4, Funny)
I believe asking for jewelry has been a trade standard among muggers for some time already even.