I have to manage multiple bank cards, and if I lost them, I would have a major problem. I’ve been using Google Pay to pay via NFC.
Are there any alternatives to Google Pay? I dislike the privacy aspect of it.
@Dislodge3233 privacy wise, Google Pay is more private, as it obfuscates your real card details so the seller doesn’t actually know them (it provides some fake ones, linked to your actual card).
On the Google side of things OTOH…
Are there any alternatives to Google Pay?
If there are, they are certainly not open source. I remember there was an issue raised on Catima’s GitHub asking for payment support. The dev said that if implemented, a solution like this would need to contain some proprietary/licensed stuff from Visa or Mastercard.
Google Pay and iPay are the only ones I know of that carries an instance of your card around with you. Downside is that if a location does not have a chip reader (a problem in the US sometimes) you’re out of luck.
Like you said, the security is much better with either one instead of carrying your card. Even if a security breach happens on the retailer’s side they won’t have your card numbers.
If OP is truly nervous they could get a preloaded debit card to carry along with their phone.
In the UK, you can use Curve. That gives you a physical or virtual card which proxies your existing Visa / MasterCards (not Amex).
But it doesn’t have an NFC app you can use on Android. As far as I can tell, there are no other virtual NFC payment apps.
And, of course, it doesn’t really improve your privacy posture. Your bank still knows who you spent with - as does Curve.
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I use cake pay, but thats monero wich is more similar to cash. I have mostly given up on fiat for a lot of transactions
The web version doesn’t seem to work sadly
Yeah, they took the web version down because it was unreliable. It should be back later this year
@shortwavesurfer @Dislodge3233 is there a solid guide on how to use cake pay? I can’t seem to figure it out lol I’m such a noob to that kind of stuff
Not that i am aware of personally
I don’t believe there’s any reliable option besides Samsung Pay, but it’s locked to Samsung devices. Privacy-wise, I’m not aware of any solution.
It’s a pain in the ass, but Zelle is accepted a LOT of places now. It usually goes directly through your banking app. IDK if that’s helpful in your situation.
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