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Updates & New Features

The lastest ixkio product features and updates.

 
10 February 2023
Protecting consumer goods from counterfeits with NFC tags
The counterfeit market is rapidly increasing every year, causing harm to brands reputation and loyalty of customers. Authentication NFC tags can help customers rebuild their trust by proving a product is genuine.
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08 February 2023
NFT Integration Now Complete

You asked, and we listened!
We had a lot of questions about how to link NFT to NFC. You can now verify your digital NFT using a physical NFC. This is only available on our Flex Alpha plan. Get in touch for more information.

28 December 2022
An Introduction to Connecting NFC with NFT
A getting started guide on how NFC tags can be connecting with NFTs. How the two can be connected, the different systems to achieve this and the concepts behind physical backed NFTs or digital twins.
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10 December 2022
Feature release : Upgrades to Geo & Phone Data
Upgrades have been made to the geo and mobile phone capability data across all Flex tag management plans.
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11 November 2022
Feature release : CodeLink system upgrades

We have released a number of upgrades to the CodeLink direct link protection mechanism for Redirect users. 

What is CodeLink ?

For ixkio customers using the Redirect mode with authentication NFC tags, the CodeLink system is designed to prevent 'authenticated' pages on customer websites being accessed if the user hasn't been redirected from ixkio.

This is important as the typical flow on a redirect is that a user will scan an NFC tag to ixkio. Ixkio will undertake the authentication and redirect the user immediately to the landing page on the brand website to inform the user of 'authentication pass' or 'fail'. As this page is openly on the internet, it would be possible to copy the 'authentication pass' page from the brand website and encode it directly onto a counterfeit tag - therefore bypassing the ixkio auth system. 

CodeLink adds a small section of javascript code to the brand website's landing pages which is designed to prevent any hit on the page that hasn't come from ixkio. 

Latest updates

The CodeLink system has been widely used and we are now adding some additional features : 

Multiple Configurations
It's now possible to set up more than one CodeLink code in ixkio and each can be managed separately. For larger platform configurations where users might have multiple brands or possibly internal facing and customer facing responses, this can enable more complex options. 

Inline Script Modifications
To increase flexibility, it's now possible to add traceback messages and fail urls directly into the javascript embedded onto your pages. This allows for either language customisation or dynamic fail pages which can be embedded at run time into your pages. 

Display Pauses
The Traceback system works very quickly and many users decide to hold 'authentication pass' page display until CodeLink has been completed, this can sometimes result in a screen flicker. We've added the option of a display pause which, while not necessary, can improve the user experience by informing that a check is 'in progress' (or a blank screen) and prevent the flicker. The length of display pause can be set and changed via the console. 

 

28 October 2022
Device Assignment now in full release
Scan Assignment and Encode Assignment is now in full release on the Flex Alpha plan. Assign and Encode NFC tags using USB or WiFi devices directly from the console.
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