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idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

A cashier told me once that it was rare that I tried to pay with an actual card, as nowadays people pay with their phone when they say they want to pay with card.

Here in a lot small shops you can pay with card only if you pay more then some amount, usually more than 4-5 EUR. Afaik it’s not legal though

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underscores@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
What convenience does a digital wallet add that a card cannot do ? isn’t a digital wallet way less safer given that mobile platforms are the least secure ?

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- Holytimes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  You would be easily able to find someone willing to butt chug an entire bottle of bleach before you find a single normal human that gives a single flying fuck about the security of their phones digital wallet out side of lemmy and the most shut in circles of nerdom.
  
  It’s just not a real argument, care or reality.
  
  Is that a problem? More then likely yes. But is it the reality of the situation.
  
  Phones are something people already carry around. Most young adults don’t even keep their IDs on them anymore and just have pictures of them in their phone.
  
  I work a job that requires frequently IDing people at a gate. In the last 3 months out of over 10k people only a handful even had their wallet on them while driving.
  
  I’m just handed their phone with their gallery open to their id.
  
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- Demdaru@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  What convenience does a digital wallet add that a card cannot do Be part of phone. People don’t like cash cuz you have to lug it around. People are dropping cards for digi wallet because then they don’t have to lug card around.
  
  isn’t a digital wallet way less safer given that mobile platforms are the least secure ? No one outside of lemmy cares.
  
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  - idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    If my card would be stolen, the thief could pay some amount without entering the pin on a contactless terminal. On the phone you can’t pay without touching the fingerprint reader, so it’s more secure from at least this common atttack vector
    
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Demdaru@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
In Poland I know that’s illegal at least. A lot of shops tried to oppose cards, but law was more and more enforced. If shop proclaimed they service cards, they had to service them like cash - without any weird requirements.

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- idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  The illegal part is that they add a restriction. If card payment is available they should offer it to everyone. Cash payments are still common here in Hungary
  
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