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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by sacado2 on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @11:50AM (#37237907)
> Take your card, phone or watch and hold it to the terminal for one second and you're done.

I'm not sure I'd feel safe if anyone could pay an amount above € 3000 after stealing my watch / phone / card and putting them on a terminal.

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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by NorwegianDude on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:09PM (#37238211)
Well, you can just turn off payments on the stolen device.

As for the phone, you need to unlock the phone for larger purchases. The card requires a pin for larger purchases. The watch needs to be unlocked to after being removed from the arm.

So that is not something to be worried about.

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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by tekknik on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @08:51PM (#37243839)
Maybe in Norway, but there absolutely is no pin check when making large purchases through at least Apple Card via Apple Pay. I made a $9800 US purchase a few months back and it was just face ID, which apparently can be fooled easily.
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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by throwaway2037 on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @11:45PM (#37244786)
Fooled easily? This is news to me. The YouTube videos that I have seen are elaborate. And no way you can do this at a store!
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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by tekknik on Thursday August 24, 2023 @02:24AM (#37245663)
Maybe I shouldn’t have used the word easily. It can be spoofed, maybe not easily. And people buy things at more than a store, like online, and phones verify those purchases just the same.
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