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submitted 5 months ago by LillyPip@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

My cat needed to be euthanised last month, and I just received her ashes. They came with a round black sticker. What’s the purpose of this sticker?

They mentioned my chosen urn was suitable for sprinkling cremains (I don’t plan to do that) – maybe it’s related to that?

Thanks.

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[-] lordnikon@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

that looks like a NFC sticker I wonder if they used it for identification. I use stickers like these all the time to program devices around my home.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Is there a way I can tell? I’m pretty techy, but not familiar with that technology. It looks like a regular black sticker to me, and feels like it has a smooth finish. I tried looking that up and get nothing but sites trying to sell me nfc stickers.

[-] coffeejoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 months ago

NFC sticker would have a coil of wire as the antenna around a little bump in the middle which is the chip. https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=nfc+sticker

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago
[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Your phone should be able to detect it.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago
[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Then it's not NFC, you would be able to hold it to the light and see a coil inside

[-] yetiftw@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

try using the app nfc tools

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