Alternative to Google Pay/Wallet (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by uselessauth@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So a few family members use Google for mobile payment. They are aware of the privacy implications but are there any good alternatives? PayPal is just as bad and any other alternatives I found are crypto.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cold, hard cash. It's the only truly private monetary transaction you can have.

If you just don't want to go through Google or Apple, there's always a normal bank. But even they keep records and could be selling that info.

Crypto isn't even private. It also keeps records of transactions and unlike a bank, they're public.

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