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Re:Why Germans pay cash for almost everything by majewsky on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:44PM (#14960376)
> virtual account number

So, just as trackable as a credit card number. Or are virtual account numbers unique per transaction?

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Re:Why Germans pay cash for almost everything by smcgaw on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:58PM (#14960592)
I believe Apple Pay works the same in this respect so the virtual account number is not cycled per transaction. I can't remember if it's cycled per vendor or just unique per device.
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