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I’ve seen them for sale in supermarkets.
by bcherny 4y ago
I’ve seen them for sale in supermarkets.
- silverPoodle 4y agoIn the European Union there is an online transaction limit of 50€ for prepaid cards. That's no alternative to Monero
- saurik 4y agoThey require you to log in and identify yourself before they can be activated.
- lrvick 4y agoMost actually do not require this. I buy visa gift cards with cash all the time from gas stations etc and spend them anywhere that does not take cash with no activation.
- lelandfe 4y agoI've never owned crypto but I can see the appeal for privacy's sake. Even going to the market can mean sacrificing privacy – retailers are constant abusers of personal data. Did you park at the market? Oops, they read all license plates to build a marketing profile.[0][1] See an ad online, and then later went into the store? Oops, Google picked up on that and told the retailer.[2] Did you leave your face uncovered when you went into the market? Oops, they use facial recognition.[3] [0] https://www.syracuse.com/news/2014/06/who_else_is_tracking_your_license_plates_its_not_just_police.html https://www.syracuse.com/news/2014/06/who_else_is_tracking_y... [1] https://drndata.com/ https://drndata.com/ [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20170523182250/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/05/23/google-now-knows-when-you-are-at-a-cash-register-and-how-much-you-are-spending/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170523182250/https://www.washi... [3] https://www.axios.com/2021/07/19/facial-recognition-retail-surge https://www.axios.com/2021/07/19/facial-recognition-retail-s...