WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by French authorities

Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by juanmirocks on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @02:39PM (#15963422)

I live in Munich, Bavaria, and, to give an example, in most restaurants you will not be able to pay with a credit card. Having said that, you can pay once you reach a minimum amount with what they call an "EC-Karte", a sort of debit card.

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by rconti on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @03:50PM (#15964130)

Yup, this was quite surprising to me having travelled a fair bit but not been to Germany in 10 years or so. "I'm supposed to pay my dinner bill at a fancy restaurant.. in.. cash?"

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by bandris on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @04:16PM (#15964358)

"Germany is the land of cash." -- one of my German friends likes to say.

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by sithadmin on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @12:27AM (#15967244)

Germany doesn't have shit on Japan in this regard.

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by cunningfatalist on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @03:40AM (#15968000)

EC card works 99% of the time.

As a side note, I also use my German EC card abroad. Fees are surprisingly low and it is accepted in more countries than you'd expect.

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by CaptainZapp on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:16AM (#15967663)

  "I'm supposed to pay my dinner bill at a fancy restaurant.. in.. cash?"

There are a lot of really fancy places in Japan, which will not accept credit cards.

Nor will they - unfortunately - accept reservations in English.

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by code_potato on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @09:31AM (#15969773)

Seconded. Also a fella from Munich. In regular restaurants you have to pay at least 25 EUR to be able to pay with “EC Karte” which I find incredibly annoying. I don’t like carrying around any cash honestly. I have my cards and that’s it.

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by raverbashing on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @02:56PM (#15963625)

Yes, debit cards are much more accepted than Credit Cards. I don't use Credit Cards outside of online though

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by robert_foss on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @04:50PM (#15964687)

EC-cards are widely accepted, but debit cards are accepted to the same extent as credit cards are.

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