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Pay "contact-less" with your phone (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by andylicious1337@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] datendefekt 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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 2 weeks ago

That just goes for all db.

[–] idefix@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks 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.