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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by odiroot on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @07:34AM (#15969005)
I'm now in China. We, in Western Europe, are really decades behind them in mobile payments. This is just so much more convenient.

And yes, it's probably a privacy nightmare, I agree. But at least you can make this choice in here.

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @07:39AM (#15969020)
How is getting your phone out and fumbling with a QR scanner more convenient than tapping your card against a RF surface?
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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by sfifs on Thursday December 21, 2017 @11:45AM (#15980337)
It's convenient because everyone accepts it and the transaction charges appear to be half of credit card fees (or zero if the merchant uses Tencent's escrow system). When I travel to China, as a foreigner, I'm virtually the only one carrying any cash. None of the locals carry meaningful amounts of cash any more.
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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by Feniks on Thursday December 21, 2017 @10:17PM (#15985014)
Well some European countries don't have any transaction fees at all when using a debit card.

Those mobile pay systems DO.

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