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originally posted in:TFS The Floods Sanctuary
7/19/2014 8:42:20 PM
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Google Wallet
So Google Wallet has kind of been announced, and it seems many banks have been pursuing this option. The question though ends up being is how useful will such an item be to a user, and how does Google gain the revenue it needs to support this if it is free for the user. After all transaction fees and the likes may need to be made, either via the business or the customer.
Still at the end of the day, it seems that this could remove alot of hassle but also involves the giving up of information that we have been told time and again not to give. Well buying things on amazon is another way of not following the rules.
Still one has to wonder how the public might feel about this, afterall they are the direct audience this is being sold to. So i thought to check on the flood to see their reactions on it. What concerns would you the Flood Members have with this idea, and would you be interested in using such an option?
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They'll make bank on selling non-sensitive information of yours (last names, phone numbers) to big corporations so they can put you under advertisement lists. Companies like Target and Walmart do it. Lots of political campaigns will buy this information to have calling lists of people formed by customers of stores nearby. E.G. Cabela's sells a local Republican call center information because most customers happen to be of the same party, and the call center will call their new numbers and try to see if they can get votes.
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2 RepliesI'm not going to trust a search engine with my money.
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3 RepliesI use Google Wallet whenever I can. That's exactly the problem. So few retailers around me have the readers at their POS that it's nearly pointless for me to use it. Unfortunately, until iPhones implement NFC technology, mobile payments wont take off. I do use GW for paying other people via GW or Gmail pretty regularly, along with using the Venmo app.
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Google and Apple are taking over the planet.
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3 RepliesBecause Google doesn't already know enough, they need to know what you buy, when you buy, and where you buy? 3Orwellian5me
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Google is the -blam!-ing future.
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looks probably good but idk I'd be wary of someone hacking people's google wallet accounts
