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Tap to pay is mostly NFC? So is there an alternative app?
by y2244 4mo ago
Tap to pay is mostly NFC? So is there an alternative app?
- vrganj 4mo agoThere's Curve Pay in Europe. In the US, I'm not sure.
- wolvoleo 4mo agoYes you can use Curve pay. Edit: Apparently that's Europe only? I'm in Europe so yeah. I didn't know that.
- jordand 4mo agoCurve Pay has worked well for me. Only good alternative as it doesn't depend on Google Play Services too
- cyberax 4mo agoI extracted a chip (by dissolving the plastic in acetone) from my card and glued it to the wriststrap of my Pebble watch :)
- distances 4mo agoWhen using contactless payment with my card, about 10% of the time the payment terminal tells me to insert the card to the reader slot instead and enter my PIN. I assumed this is a general security feature, but I guess it depends on the issuing bank then. This in Europe.
- cyberax 4mo agoWell, I still have a backup physical card. It just is annoying to get it out of my wallet.
- Spare_account 4mo ago[dead]
- pezgrande 4mo agoNice hack but sounds quite unsafe, I like having to unblock de phone in order to use it.
- dgrabla 4mo agoPaypay works as well (at least in Germany)
- subscribed 4mo agoGarmin Pay, Samsung pay if you have a compatible bank and card, PayPal in Germany and sometimes banks' own systems. I had a very weird (bad) experience with Curve support so I couldn't recommend it. NFC payments work, it's only Google who claims a phone not patched for 8 years is safe and secure, but phone with working hardware attestation and patched 6 months ahead of everyone else is insecure.