return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoIs This the End of Plastic? Visa's New Technology Could Replace Physical Cardswww.cnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down136
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkIs This the End of Plastic? Visa's New Technology Could Replace Physical Cardswww.cnet.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-square____linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoCnet? Yeah, no. The whole premise of how I use virtual cards is to separate - and block, as needed - charges from a given source. If I use a physical card, it’s because I’m physically in a store and want to choose who charges my card, and when. This is a step towards making it easier for random things to charge cards unexpectedly, and towards making it harder to dispute charges. “You were there, per the thumb|face print. Therefore, you must have authorised it.” That’s a sea change in how questionable charges/questionable disclaimers are handled. Nope. I absolutely demand that protection, and if I lose it I’m taking my cash out of your bank ASAP and using that, suffering with change be damned.
Cnet? Yeah, no.
The whole premise of how I use virtual cards is to separate - and block, as needed - charges from a given source.
If I use a physical card, it’s because I’m physically in a store and want to choose who charges my card, and when.
This is a step towards making it easier for random things to charge cards unexpectedly, and towards making it harder to dispute charges.
“You were there, per the thumb|face print. Therefore, you must have authorised it.”
That’s a sea change in how questionable charges/questionable disclaimers are handled.
Nope. I absolutely demand that protection, and if I lose it I’m taking my cash out of your bank ASAP and using that, suffering with change be damned.