In Germany, the use of cash has become a proxy for concerns about trust, privacy

Re:In Germany, the use of cash has become a proxy for concer... by saiya-jin on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:40AM (#17154121)

Signing no, but inserting the card and entering pin is a commonplace in europe, the whole payment takes maybe 20 seconds. This is how everybody pays in malls whenever I visit (france, switzerland).

Contactless payments - no thank you, I like to have some control over my cash flows.

The mix of both is by far the best - have cash when you need it, have a card when you need it. Why can't people understand that not everybody thinks/behaves/lives same as they do?

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Re:In Germany, the use of cash has become a proxy for concer... by chrisseaton on Friday May 25, 2018 @11:35AM (#17154692)

I don’t think contactless is uncontrolled - you see the total before you present the card so they can only take that amount.

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Re:In Germany, the use of cash has become a proxy for concer... by bchallenor on Friday May 25, 2018 @12:30PM (#17155321)

Plus, I get an instant notification on my phone whenever my card is used. And if I see anything suspicious, I can freeze the card via the app (declining all further payments).

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