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Hi guys,

do you know a good and privacy friendly way to pay with your phone (like Google Pay)? I am using Graphene OS on a Pixel 8 and lice in Germany so some services might not be available here 🙈

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[-] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[-] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

But isn't this also a liability, or are you somehow able to block it, until you need it?

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago

I guess you could keep your phone in a faraday bag and take it out when you need to make a payment. But then you'd be liable to be charged any time you have your phone out, unless you go out of your way to remove the card from the case, which defeats the point.

[-] ReasonablePea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Kinda defeats the purpose of a phone...unless you want to only be contacted/updated at some interval you actively choose

[-] asudox@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 week ago

You are in germany, so you will need to wait for GNU Taler for that:

https://taler.net/

[-] andylicious1337@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

thanks for the link. this looks really promising.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago

Doesn't exist. I was also surprised that this was not NFC-related tech, but google/apple-specific.

I guess it makes sense - you need some kind of authority to validate/take blame for transactions (outside of the hot mess of block chain), I had just always presumed that the tech didn't need much to work.

[-] datendefekt@feddit.org 15 points 1 week ago

Private payments with a wallet on you phone is something the digital Euro is supposed to offer, if it ever arrives as designed.

[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

The digital euro, as a digital central-bank currency, is the last thing we want from the perspective of privacy.

[-] datendefekt@feddit.org 20 points 1 week ago

Moreover, personal transaction details of offline digital euro payments would only be known to the payer and the payee, providing a cash-like level of privacy.

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/faqs/html/ecb.faq_digital_euro.en.html

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Right.

Because databases are never "hacked" and exfiltrated.

(By hacked, I mean most of the time it's social engineering.)

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

That just goes for all db.

[-] idefix@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

I kinda disagree. Not just for the technical solution that is supposed to enable a fairly good level of privacy but also because I tend to trust ECB employees and ways of working as I've done a few projects with them.

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago
[-] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I believe you meant to say GNU/Taler. \s

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

What does a delicious chocolate spread consisting mostly of (now) palm oil and some hazelnuts have to do with this?

[-] Lychee@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Private payments and digital Euro is something that does not go hand-in-hand imo. How big of a crypto fan I am, I don't like a state/governement/country/union coin.

Why are they so dodgy about Monero you think? Because of the illicit transactions? Nah.. this is just an extra factor

[-] LeTak@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

Paypal, Volksbank VR Pay/ Sparkasse or any other supported bank maybe. Privacy friendly? Good luck….

[-] dododo@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, can confirm the VR Pay App works without issues for NFC Payment on GrapheneOS on a Pixel 8 Pro. Privacy wise it is probably the same as paying with a banking card.

[-] MITM0@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I mean there's GNU-Taler but it hasn't acheived mass-adoption Unless your stores has a cryptocurrency option, you're better off with cash

[-] Nicro@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago

Like others said, banking needs licensing and licensing costs money. If you already have a bank account, you already trust one party. Ask them if they roll their own app-payment or are already partnered with a service. That way, you can avoid google/Apple and minimize spreading the trust to other parties. My bank cooperates with Fidesmo, for example. Fidesmo then sells wearables with nfc-pay.

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Did you look into garmin watches? GOS has no pay function.

[-] Cris16228@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

So no matter what, I can't pay contactless with it? Without G wallet. Just curious

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago
[-] Cris16228@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

Oh no! Anyway. Good to know. Buying it today

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I think I heard cake wallet is able to do NFC payments for places that accept Monero.

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