Activation for near-field communication device

An authorization device comprising:

• a wireless interface configured to detect a connected device within a wireless range of the authorization device and wirelessly exchange information with a connected device;
• a configuration module configured, in a non-enabled mode, to block a request received via the wireless interface to interact with the authorization device;
• and
• an activation module configured to detect an activation operation and, in response to the activation operation, change an operational state of the authorization device from a non-enabled mode to an enabled mode in which the configuration module is configured to process a request to re-configure the authorization device.

A method for activating a device comprising:

• configuring a device having an activation module and a wireless interface in a non-enabled mode in which the wireless interface is configured to receive data, and the device is configured to block a request received via the wireless interface to interact with the device;
• detecting an activation operation at the activation module;
• and
• in response to detecting the activation operation, configuring, by the activation module, the device in an enabled mode in which the device is configured to process a request to re-configure the device received via the wireless interface, and to transmit information to a reader device via the wireless interface.