News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are. Parent comment

Re:Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are by nindalf on Monday July 24, 2017 @02:11AM (#14836199)
From my experience in the UK, those apps allow you to leave your card at home. Not much of a difference if you're carrying a wallet anyway, but if you carry just a phone and a card + ID in the phone case, you can now ditch the card. Otherwise I don't see the benefit.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are by EliRivers on Monday July 24, 2017 @03:21PM (#14841741)
Ha. I generally leave the phone at home and just take a card. Slimmest wallet I've ever had. I've never carried ID, though. That would double the size of my wallet :(
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are by wastedhours on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:30AM (#14836758)
Had my phone's NFC fail me (especially at tube barriers) enough times to recommend perhaps not relying solely on a phone for payments.
[ Parent | on HN ]