This is the de-Googled, more secure version of the Android Open Source Project. GrapheneOS, the modified version of Android that is devoid of Google while...
  • buddascrayon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    63·
    1 day ago

    My question is, what support will there be for NFC contactless payment? The convenience of being able to not have to carry a wallet full of cards is one of the biggest things holding me back from fully embracing GrapheneOS.

    • Nate Cox@programming.devEnglish
      21·
      1 day ago

      Graphene supports NFC, but Google wallet goes out of its way not to work on it.

      If you’re in the EU you have other wallet options, in the US you’re pretty much fucked.

      I thought I would miss digital wallets way more than I actually do. Bought a slim wallet, carry just what I need, and get all the privacy benefits of not being on mainline android.

        • Nate Cox@programming.devEnglish
          5·
          1 day ago

          I keep hearing about curve, and I saw something about walt.is just the other day… But I’m in the US without access to any of them, so I wouldn’t trust my references.

      • sunbytes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        There’s problems with the eu ones too. I barely used them anyway before but did test after installing and it errored out.

        Though yeah that could have just been google pay, now i think about it…

    • OpenPassageways@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      NFC pay is not ubiquitous enough in my area so I use a phone case that has room for cards. I still need to carry a physical health insurance card and a physical ID as well so my wallet case is not going away. I actually bought a pixel 9 instead of 10 just because my favorite wallet case was available.

      I’m considering just getting a Garmin watch that I keep disconnected from my phone to use for NFC pay. Seems like I would be able to set up my cards in Garmin Pay app and then just disconnect it.