NFC programming on desktop Linux

"NFC has a very, very short range of about 4 cm; in practice you usually need to touch the back of smartphone to NFC tag"

Thanks for the response. This occurred to me shortly after I "paid by bonk" for a coffee today and had to contort myself to actually get at the bloody reader that was positioned badly by the till and other stuff on the counter.

NFC is clearly not what I'm looking for here unless I want to be seen playing pocket billiards whilst attempting to get my mobe and laptop in the right position. The left hand side USB ports are towards the rear (as I see it) of my laptop, near my knees, which is the side I usually have my mobile. Now the RHS ones are at the front - right next to my pocket.

Bluetooth it is then.