Over the last three years I’ve had a lot of folks ask me questions about using GrapheneOS. Let’s answer them!

  • Muffi@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    Exactly. A physical card is simply better in every single way. Imagine the stress when your phone inevitably dies, if you are out traveling and suddenly you have no access to money or communication. Screw that.

    • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 months ago

      I use Graphene. There is some banks that do tap-to-pay independent of Google Pay, but not mine. There is one legit good thing about modern tap-to-pay - it cycles card numbers, making it harder for retailers to track you.

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          3 months ago

          Some of those might be less prevalent depending on where you are. But yes, there’s a lot of things to keep in mind.

          Also, the plastic card thing is neat, I did not know that.

          I’m especially annoyed about how easy it is to traci Bluetooth devices. I seem to remember that newer devices can rotate macs, but all my headphones are too old for that. And I kinda don’t want to throw away good hardware.

    • Retail4068@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Oh God, it’s an edge case I’ll never run into!!!

      Optimize the median, not this hog wash.