Mastodon post with no text and an image showing a Monobank card strapped to the back of a Pinephone with some rubber bands. The text within the image reads "Contactless payments on PinePhone (working Google Pay/Apple Pay alternative)".
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[–] 38 points 3 months ago (14 children)

Ironic it's a monobank card, it's mobile only and you have to use a locked unrooted googled phone (or an iPhone) because big brother said so.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    Also this https://telegraf.ua/ukr/ukrayina/5935111-gorokhovskogo-chekae-pokarannya-yuristi-rozpovili-chim-dlya-monobank-zakinchitsya-skandal-z-oprilyudnennyam-foto-klientki

    TLDR: some woman did a facial recognition log in method, the bank said that the photos are not stored and deleted instantly, but because there was a Slovenian flag (looked like russian in the photo)in the background, she got her bank account blocked and the CEO posted the verification image online

    Edit: wrong link

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    makes you wonder what the CEOs of all those age verification companies are doing with all the photos

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Hope that doesn't get too popular, I don't want to have to carry a second phone just to make payments when I can use a much smaller card instead.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    In other news, cash is foldable.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Good luck folding Β£100 without having a pretty big bulge in your phone case.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I don't have british pounds at hand so can't test... Why are you putting valuable stuff next to more valuable stuff, anyway? Like to have everything stolen in one go?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    I opened an account with starling partly because they have a real webapp, but you have to fucking log in with your phone, which is half the reason I want a webapp: because fetching your phone when you're already at your computer is just a ballache

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  • [+] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Nope. The website says "get app" like 4 times. There's a webapp but it's for business stats only (like if you own a cafe). They are just trying to "appeal to the younger generation", and one part of that is the app that spams emojis everywhere. Another part of that is furry stickers ("qr cat") believe it or not; in physical, Telegram and Viber because everything in this damn country is held together by Telegram and Viber.

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