Well, I know I spoke again and again about this happening two years ago, and now it has (and I wish I
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I didn’t notice any options at their website other than submitting an email and waiting to hear back from them?
I like this idea. However, I would never give my card to some dude who looks like he needs a bath, like the guy in the video. Just sayin.
@Woody….That’s pretty funny and yeah, I’m with ‘ya on that one. This app. looks cool for self-employed people like myself. I’ve probably lost out on a few jobs because I don’t take credit cards but setting up a traditional account that allows for accepting credit cards is a hassle *and* costly.
First, let’s say I’m giving my card to the “salesman” with this app and card-reader so he could run my card. How do I know that his Square app is legit? He could be running a jail-broken iPhone/iTouch with a look-alike Square app. Having me sign it and stuff. And then the hacked software he was using just stores my credit card info so they could siphon money out of my account?
An FBI agent was recently arrested for robbing 4 banks in the past month. So why should I even trust a no-name salesman who’s processing my CC number with his iPhone? Sorry, but I’ll just stick with cash.
I am sure there are others who have said similar things, but this is just the first one i choose to reply to… no offense.
how do you know the kid behind the counter at Starbucks, or your video rental place hasn’t swiped your card on a hacked reader already? you don’t. for that matter, do you shred every receipt or piece of paper that has your card information on? what about your SS#? or drivers license number? or bank statement? probably not, just like 90% of the rest of America and the world don’t do… and what about that insurance payment you submitted last week on their ‘secure’ web site… how do you know some hacker, or heck even a company employee, was not somewhere along the data trail recording your ones and zeros… you don’t.
you just take it all on faith and trust that the system has the fail safes built in and that they are working. every time you use your credit card, anywhere on the globe, your identity is in those numbers and they are sent into the data stream that is the internet. there is no stopping it at this point and it never will stop. when you log into your msn, yahoo, gmail or whatever webmail service you use, like 90+% of the world population now, your doing it there, every time you make a call on your cell phone the company tracks your information and records your habits and reads who you are and who you are calling.
my point is that there is NO telling who is listening in on who you are or what information you put out there. if you trust the guy at the gas station to run your card behind the counter and his scanner to not be a hacked one… then you can trust the ‘sleezy’ guy with this tech as well. there is NO difference trusting someone off of craigslist or ebay or whatever site or channels that you may run into someone using this device or service… how long did it take you to trust paypal???
only time will tell how stable, secure, and trustworthy this device and technology truly is. my guess is that no matter how hard they try there will still be those out there that will inevitably hack it and make it their own. look at Sony’s PSP. Sony is constantly releasing new firmware updates to thwart the hackers and howebrew communities, and at every turn there are people breaking the code… why?…how? because people want to… because they can, simple as that. despite the fact that Sony has 10′s of millions of dollars invested in trying to keep it ‘hackproof’ it still is, and for a mere 30$ if you know where to look.
trust this app and device if you want, or not. that IS your choice. but just remember that every time you buy that double moca iced venti capa-fruapachino… your doing the same exact thing… trusting someone else with your card, AND your identity.
I agree. Cash is king. Too easy to steal and hack a phone.
@Woody Dont forget that the two guys that started this entire Mac culture that we’re participating in right now BOTH looked like dirty bearded hippies at first! That’s what makes this whole thing special.
@ Violian2…I’m not so sure one would hand over their credit card info to just *anybody* with a Squareup setup. Same can be said for some companies with *traditional* merchant accounts, though.
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Also, most credit card companies have some sort of fraud protection for any fraudulent use of your credit card. It’s happened to me once with my Chase Visa and right away, they sorted out the matter, and are even the ones who contacted me at first about finding possible fraudulent use of my card.
So if I meet with someone who uses this to steal credit card info, I can easy check for charges I did not make and contact the credit card company to sort out the matter.
That’s awesome, can’t wait to try it out…
Anyone recognized the music in the clip?
I kind of like it.
Music: http://lonelysandwich.com/post/385875379/square-up-sucker
Why does the image show the reader plugged into what I presume is the bottom right speaker of the iphone rather than the headphone jack?
iPod Touch maybe over WiFi?
i cannot vouch for 1st gen ipod touches, but that is where the headphone jack is on the 2nd gen touches… the bottom right, just to the right of the charging port… i hate it. wish it was at the top like on the phone.
i wish these hipsters would wear something more presentable than flannel and plaid. seriously, thats just not cool for prime time.
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