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Coercing a Magic MIFARE credential into being an iPhone-compatible NFC tag


My life is full of very obscure problems

I program these cards to open portfolio websites or directly share contact information when scanned with a mobile phone. Being that person with the custom NFC badge at an event is generally a great way to be remembered and has a habit of starting interesting conversations too. I’d never bothered to really investigate why, but I recently made the metal connection that I had mixed in some “Magic” MIFARE cards with my regular generic ISO14443-A stock.

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