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Re:UPI Payments: 10B Transactions a Month Done, Next Stop 100B by kmlx on Sunday September 03, 2023 @04:15AM (#37368665)
phone numbers aren’t secure at all thou.
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Re:UPI Payments: 10B Transactions a Month Done, Next Stop 100B by chupchap on Sunday September 03, 2023 @06:01AM (#37369109)
How so?
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Re:UPI Payments: 10B Transactions a Month Done, Next Stop 100B by kmlx on Sunday September 03, 2023 @06:27AM (#37369225)
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/27/cell-phone-...

it's literally one of the least secure things you can have.

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Re:UPI Payments: 10B Transactions a Month Done, Next Stop 100B by chupchap on Sunday September 03, 2023 @09:16AM (#37370161)
UPI doesn't just work based on phone number. Phone number is just the username equivalent in this context. You still need to put in a pin.
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