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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Google Pay/Samsung Pay alternative? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Am I wasting my time trying to look if something that's foss exists? I don't want to login to either account

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[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You won't find FOSS.

There are alternatives to Google Pay on Android however. My bank (a "Sparkasse", German government-owned bank) has its own mobile payment app which appears to just simulate a Visa/Mastercard's NFC chip. IME it works pretty much on any terminal that accepts physical contactless cards.

Banks have much stricter privacy policies by law and I need to accept their terms anyways.